catapult magazine

Items tagged travel

• Web of connections

  cino*connect, the online network of *culture is not optional, will bring people together for practical purposes.

• Somewhere in the middle

  When home is neither here nor there.

• The art of waiting

  What do we do in the moments that add up to eternity?

• New life in adoption

  On traveling to China to adopt a daughter.

• The India journals

  Seeking questions and answers in another culture leads back home.

• A time to bike, a time to drive

  Helmets or seatbelts, gas or muscle?even modes of transport have created purpose.

• Putting the journey to music

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

• Top Ten re: nature

  Memories travel over all kinds of terrain.

• Top Ten re: places

  But not just any place?

• Getting away

  Experiencing other cultures can offer a window into what may be lacking in our own.

• Alicante

  On the connection between place and identity.

• Accountability ahead

  The journey to conform to Christ takes a right turn in a small group setting.

• The sound of transition

  A move to Pennsylvania from Michigan inspires a meaningful mix CD.

• Merlino's cider

  On the unseen variables and pleasant surprises of life's road trips.

• Watching <i>Hoosiers</i> in the Himalayas

  Where is home?  Sometimes it travels.

• Top ten art and faith events

  An overview of events worth penciling in to your 2007 and 2008 calendar.

• My shoes

  A pair of footwear acquires more significance on the feet of a nomad.

• The ABCs of fake family dining

  A family tours the alphabet by eating out.

• Remember that time...

  A grandfather’s death brings an opportunity to reflect on family stories.

• Ten things to do before I die

  A list of experiences to savor after fifty.

• Grace-pitality

  A rambling vacation yields delight, generosity and gratitude.

• Human pace

  Reflections on a year of traveling by bus, bike and foot.

• Ten places I want to visit (or re-visit without my children)

  An imaginative world tour through several historical sites with a surprise ending.

• Memorable leaves

  How a book became a companion in pained solitude.

• Peas from a can

  A review of the 1947 young adult novel Judy's Journey by Lois Lenski, which chronicles the invisible history of migrant workers.

• Arbor awe

  A tale of pilgrimage to the Montezuma Cypress known as El Àrbol del Tule.

• Alone in my truck

  A recipe for solitude that can change the world.

• Actualizing the virtual

  Facilitating food and gatherings via the tools of technology.

• Four old nags from Moody

  On witnessing a legacy of friendship, sorrow and laughter.

• Ten things you can do to make your family vacation more community-building

  A list, counter-intuitive for some, on how to hit the road together.