catapult magazine

vol. 6, num. 1 :: 2007.01.12 — 2007.01.26

A re-visitation of last year's odd assortment of top ten lists. Create your own theme and then fill in the blanks—what's made your top ten list in the past year? In the past ten years? In your lifetime?

Feature

Top ten things I learned from my father-in-law about how to be a Christian for real

by Bill Boerman-Cornell

A list honoring Vern Boerman, who passed away on December 21, 2006.

The Big C's of Vernon J. Boerman

by Mary Lagerwey

A tribute to a beloved father whose influence went well beyond his family.

Editorial

Top ten meals in recent memory

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

On the moments when the ritual of gathering for food transcends the elements themselves.

Articles

A baker's dozen of the top ten rules for parenting

by Reverend Lawrence W. Farris

In no particular order, the most important things one father has learned about raising children.

Top ten art and faith events

by Jennifer M. Parker

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

Reviews

Reviving Messalina

by Grant Elgersma

A review of the documentary Sex: The Annabel Chong Story.

Top ten albums of 2006

by Rob Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Or, more accurately, my favorite albums from 2006 so far (in no particular order).

Gallery

Ten

by Neil E. Das

In case you missed it the first time

Winter delights

by Grant Elgersma

Instead of succumbing to the shop-shop-shop musak of the season, settle back with the crackling warmth of a recommended winter album.

Top Ten re: vegetables

by Nina Bartelt Lanctot

A personal history told from the field, table, freezer, mouth and memory.

Standing on the docks

by Kate Bowman Johnston

On the top ten in television.

Weaving the web

The list is life

A blog of favorite things by Brett Alan Dewing.

Nielsen 2006 top tens

Lost Remote

From cited Wikipedia entries to time-shifted TV shows, Nielsen's numbers show us how to become one of the popular kids...if we're not one of them already.

Ten simple steps for a healthy planet

Alliance for Sustainability

...while improving your health and saving money!

daily asterisk

Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.

Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home

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