catapult magazine

Items tagged tension

• Fleeing community

  For reasons of bad theology to bad taste, sometimes it?s easier to flee than fight.

• The spirit in rock music

  Pop and folk have their places, to be sure, but there's something different going on in rock 'n roll.

• (Hyper)tension and energy

  A tension of thought reveals itself in physical symptoms.

• Friction makes fire

  On the energy that results from tension within the self and within communities.

• The paradoxes of the contemplative life

  A journey into a rule of life reveals powerful tensions.

• The sacred and the profane

  A reflection on the relationship between grey areas and truth.

• Tale of two children

  What folk tales and the biblical narrative have to offer about the process of growing up.

• An essay unwritten

  On receiving a call for submissions for the "Women's Worlds" issue of catapult magazine.

• The end

  Welcome to the longest reality show ever.

• Know and be known

  How living in intentional community can lead to self-awareness.

• The integration issue

  Is it possible to truly belong in a new culture?

• Schmotzer’s never...

  Reconsidering a family trait for persistence.