catapult magazine

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• Out of darkness: A Mumbai story

  A review of the film Slumdog Millionaire, which tells the story of a boy who rises to fame on India's hottest game show.

• Community doesn’t just happen

  A group interview exploring the thoughts and ideas that fill the rooms of a big old house in Grand Rapids along with five adults and an infant.

• All that I let in

  Pondering (invisible) boundaries when it comes to living with other people.

• Thanks, Mom

  Confronting the inner child as an adult living in mom and dad's home.

• To hell with Romans 13

  A sermon on one of the most commonly misused passages in canonized Scripture.

• What does it mean to stand?

  Comparing the early church's imperial context with our own.

• A Love whose name cannot be spoken

  An analysis of pop culture artifacts to expose myths about true love.

• Love in the time of softball

  Creative jock or an athletic artist?  A reflection on a time of making decisions about love.

• Thanks for love

  On discovering that perfectly imperfect someone.

• A meditation on two doctor’s appointments

  A time of sickness becomes a time of revelation about the interconnectedness of body and spirit.

• Love breaks through

  An administrative assistant in an oncology clinic reflects on the system's approach to shalom.

• An open letter to literature

  Chronicling an English major's complicated relationship with books.

• Encountering music

  What happens when we open ourselves up to meeting songs with a posture of hospitality?

• Characters to love

  A review of the novel The History of Love by Nicole Krauss.

• Christians and torture

  A response to current debates about justifiable tactics for U.S. national security.

• Don’t tell

  A review of d. Guillaume Canet's film Tell No One.

• Choosing to be single?

  Recounting a journey toward acceptance and intentionality.

• I love you, (well-adjusted) man

  A review of John Hamburg's new bromantic comedy, I Love You, Man.

• Shades of joy

  A mother reflects on her children's faith journeys and the complexities of joy for Christian parents.

• Round and round

  A meditation on receiving with the original intention of giving.

• For whose glory?

  On learning to see God's love in action, not ours.

• God helps

  A visual and narrative reflection on God the Guide.

• Of drunken birds and calling to best friendship

  A reflection on adulthood, hard friendships and the nature of commitment.

• A eulogy in 12 days

  Chronicling an unconventional friendship, in life and in death.

• A piece of that holiday pie

  On a tradition that binds what's past, even as it teaches for the future.

• I know I just met you, but I love you

  Reflections on becoming a father.

• New life

  How hours of pain and anger broke through to love.

• Finding fact in fiction

  On trying to live out a costly vision after college.

• Tumbling into openness

  Road tripping and reflecting on maps and borders.

• Going to the chapel

  On doing things differently, without failing to speak the language of tradition.