catapult magazine

vol. 9, num. 9 :: 2010.04.30 — 2010.05.13

From Plato’s allegory to contemporary films, stories abound that characterize human beings as slaves to illusion. Some might say that we love to be lied to, while others would contend that being fully awake is the only way to be fully human. On the pleasure and pain woven through process of waking up.

Feature

When you point your finger...

by Penny Carothers

Re-examining the checklist for who's in and who's out.

Editorial

A blessing for wakefulness

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Some words of hope for seeing the world as it is and responding unto the Kingdom.

Articles

Novel ideas

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

An interview with Laryn Kragt Bakker, author of the new novel Clutching Dust and Stars, about his writing and publishing process.

Encounter

by Amanda Cleary Eastep

The Cadillac was driving too fast down the subdivision street.

The best part...may it overflow!

by Terrilynn Quillen

On vocation and waking up with a sense of purpose.

Awake in the world at the dawn

by Larry Edward Kamphausen

A meditation on what the light of Christ illuminates here and now.

Morning snuggles

by Amelia Rhodes

A night owl overcomes guilt to find peace in the morning.

Come now, let us reason together

by Timothy Stephens

A plea for unity among Christians.

Leave your slumber

by Gail Heffner

On hearing the alarm clock sound within the ordinary.

Passing peace

by William O. Gafkjen

On what we stand to gain when we look down, instead of ahead.

Gallery

In case you missed it the first time

This must be the place

by Wm. Anthony Connolly

A walk around the neighborhood leads to the threshold of a timeless place.

Reality and hope

by Barbara Lee

A pastor presents a message of Advent hope to a small congregation in the middle of uncertainty.

Weaving the web

Evangelical Misogyny

Burnside Writers Collective

Jonathan Lembright issues a wake-up call about women in leadership roles.

Heretics

This American Life

The story of the rise of Carlson Pearson...and, after he changes his mind about hell, the long fall.

Columns

Identity theft

by Nicole Carlin

A reflection on how aid can rob a culture of generosity.

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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