catapult magazine

Items tagged trust

• Lessons learned through crisis

  A young cancer survivor shares how her experience refreshed her perspective on God's promises.

• It takes 'two to tango' and I'm a willing partner

  A married woman struggles with a strong attraction to another man.

• Late-night thoughts on what it means to fear God

  An unfashionable concept deserves a fresh look.

• The abortion journals

  An account of overcoming fear of "the other."

• Sam the Cat

  Unexpected love and lessons from a stray.

• Seeking truth

  Who are the gatekeepers of God?s truth?

• My son, Jacob

  A birthmother tells her story of sacrifice.

• Late night thoughts on what being a parent teaches about being God

  A parent of two following The One Rule learns a bit about the nature of the Parent of us all.

• Locks and keys

  A meditation on key chains as a barometer of local and internal culture.

• Donut theology

  Lessons about the first Parent of us all learned in the pastry shop.

• On packing boxes and planting roots

  Yet another move prompts consideration of the pros and cons of leaving.

• What's next?

  Life after college generates questions about a vision.

• Remembering hope

  With daily reminders of all of the reasons we have to despair, how can anyone possibly hold onto hope?

• Shreds of hope

  The prayers, poems, verses and quotes that help form an understanding of hope.

• Tale of two children

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

• A porch glider and a glass of sweet tea

  A grandmother's humble lessons about what it means to be a woman.

• Ten things for teaching

  A moment of reflection before heading into a whirlwind of a term.

• All that I let in

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

• When light emerges through the darkness

  On two authors who served as wise, faithful companions in the midst of uncertainty.

• 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.

• Got plans?

  Reflections at the intersection of various cultural expectations about marriage and singleness.

• Fidelity and fecundity

  A farmer reflects on lessons from twelve years of harvests that apply to growing vegetables and far beyond.

• Bringing up Bart

  Imaging youth group as an expression of what we are for.

• Not by chance

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

• Help

  Looking back on an out-of-control period of life illuminates the source of stability.

• Fog

  On learning to trust after life changes in a split second.

• Open hands

  A tale of two situations, or how I learned to let go.

• Ten things we imagine at Huss School

  Modest proposals for the future life of 22,000 square feet and four acres.

• Souvenirs

  Ten lessons to treasure heading into life after fifty.