catapult magazine

Items tagged purpose

• <I>About Schmidt</I>--about us?

  New movie is darkly comical in its approach to some of life's major questions.

• Dreaming as a gift

  Taking time to develop a vision for our lives can simultaneously break and mend our hearts.

• *cino hops on the blogwagon

  Making use of one of the most popular online tools to inspire and connect.

• Claim your calling

  How can the body function if one part is missing? or worse yet, performing the wrong task?

• Lionel's search

  A review of Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem.

• Beauty from tragedy

  Discovering beauty that points to God, even in the middle of pain.

• The Image in women

  Discovering what it means to be feminine by looking to the Creator of women.

• Wrestling with "Why?"

  What can be seen as extraneous is, indeed, essential.

• Job stories

  Members and friends share stories and ideas relating to their work experience.

• Confessions of weakness

  Investigating the root causes of the desire to escape illuminates a path for growth.

• The intentional tourist

  On the nature and purpose of obedient vacationing.

• The great unknown

  On having the courage to choose our own adventures.

• Do not be afraid

  What does it mean to have no fear in the flock of the Shepherd?

• The purpose of sex

  On the unitive, procreative and recreational functions of sex.

• The nature of humanity

  Werner Herzog?s documentary Grizzly Man turns a man who wants to turn into a bear into a tragic hero instead.

• God's love made edible

  The journey of a skill from a hobby to a spiritual discipline.

• The designed object

  A workshop presented at Practicing Resurrection at Russet House Farm, August 11-12, 2006.

• Teach us to number our days, oh Lord

  A thorough explanation of what it means to make every day significant.

• Commissioned by God

  An interview with Ron Vander Pol, an artist and art and Bible instructor from Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

• Melinda Mae Missiology

  Examining our role in “building” God’s Kingdom here on earth.

• Dream home

  A reflection on the purpose of a home and how to be attentive to the story it tells.

• Identity and vocation

  On the search for purpose, via the story of playwright Horton Foote.

• A lasting impression

  A review of a young adult favorite, Ellen Raskin's The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues.

• Standing alone

  A review of the 1974 young adult novel The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier.

• Technology as the mediator of experience

  A reflection on the purposes of hands and how technology can both enhance and hinder those purposes.

• Not by chance

  A reflection on messy friends, neat friends and God's providence.

• The birth of the universe is not the cause of the world

  Concerning another kind of birth story: creation.

• Finding fact in fiction

  On trying to live out a costly vision after college.

• The sound of a calling

  A personal narrative of resistance and acceptance.

• Sisters with a job to do

  The one who stays put reflects on two very different callings within the same family.