catapult magazine

Items tagged story

• Of mice and men

  Author/illustrator's clever books are worth a stop in children's literature section of the bookstore.

• The coyote's song

  A folk tale explores the creation of the world and the Fall--but what does the Fall have to do with the coyote's song? Featuring collages created by Ryan Vande Kraats.

• Second chances

  A boy's first goose hunt yields a memory far more meaningful than taking in the first holiday bird.

• Incarnation and the image of God

  The mystery of the incarnation is not just a topic for philosophers and theologians--it initiated the transformation of our family tree as children of God. Iconography is one attempt to capture the mystery, but what can we discover by going straight to the Word?

• Is your church fantasy-friendly?

  On the need to cultivate the fantasy-lives of believers in Spirit-filled churches.

• Haven for the working class?

  Imprisoned Christian labor organizers in Cuba need your help in retelling their story and advocating for their release.

• Telling time

  A series of meditations, stories and quotes on the nature of time, change, and grace.

• Loving blind

  Who's got the inside scoop on sex? Apparently no one.

• Lionel's search

  A review of Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem.

• Far-fetched truth

  A review of Life of Pi by Yann Martel

• Love is a pile of rocks

  What the journey to the Promised Land teaches us about God and memory.

• In the beginning was the Word

  Charting the history of a relationship with Scripture.

• Faith pilgrimage

  A college professor shares a story of living in relationship with God.

• My faith story

  On the stages that occur between the beginning and the present.

• To Johanna, on your baptism

  A gift takes the form of knowledge conveyed in a letter.

• Every time a bell rings

  A review and discussion questions for a holiday classic.

• Dear friends

  An extended community provides models of friendship.

• The joy of collecting?dust

  Gathering stuff put in the perspective of life in the Creator.

• Claiming our history in Lent

  Is fear of militant Islam related to a fear of our own collective Christian past?

• The great unknown

  On having the courage to choose our own adventures.

• Peacemaking, terrorism and art

  An artist wonders out loud about the link between victims and perpetrators.

• Men are prigs

  Marilynne Robinson frees John Calvin from historical captivity in The Death of Adam.

• Judgment calls

  What the world teaches us about the labels we place on ourselves.

• Twice adopted

  On negotiating a scarred family past to discover true identity.

• Death and birth

  Reflections on becoming a parent.

• On calling

  An unexpected crisis is transformed an unexpected encounter.

• Putting the journey to music

  A review of James McMurtry's Too Long in the Wasteland.

• Regarding judgment

  Are we necessarily caught between conviction and relativism?

• Harry Potter is good for my soul

  A look at the provocative book series, just in time for the newest release.

• Some friends and a house

  A review of Mirah TomYov Zeitlyn & Ginger Brooks Takahashi's Songs from the Black Mountain Music Project