catapult magazine

Being Bethlehem

by Jennifer Monroe

All creation is groaning...and someone has to push.

The Gospel of the Birth Story

by Jessica Groen

A reading that embraces the images of birth woven throughout the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.

Suffering the hap-happiest season

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

How can our Christmas rituals proclaim good news for sad people?

Upon a midnight clear

by Denise Frame Harlan

How a firstborn daughter arrived just in time for Christmas.

Birthing a dying child

by Janel Kragt Bakker

On wrestling with powerlessness in the wake of a baby's short life.

The birth of the universe is not the cause of the world

by Grant Elgersma

Concerning another kind of birth story: creation.

Breaking through

by Amy Jonason

On the terrible, wonderful mystery of entering the world.

To throw away or to keep

by Kim Gleeson

Being born again into a new identity yields more questions than answers, with a need to proceed.

High-risk pregnancy

by Alex Joyner

Christmas comes in July for Benita Gonzalez and the on-call chaplain.

Birthing wisdom in the place of brokenness

by Ellyn Wilkoff

On an image for practicing prayer that acknowledges what is and is not known.

I know I just met you, but I love you

by Matt Bell

Reflections on becoming a father.

New life

by Sherry Boykin

How hours of pain and anger broke through to love.

Expectancy

by Christina Crook

Two Piece

by Amanda Caldwell

Death and birth

by Troy Cady

Reflections on becoming a parent.

Best laid plans

by Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence

A reflection on the reality of our limitations in family planning.

Life Expectancy: On Not Praying for a Miracle

Christian Century

Dana Olson-Getty writes about coming to terms with her counterintuitive responsibility during a difficult pregnancy.

Winter of My Disbelief

Killing the Buddha

A. Wolf-Powers on struggling to conform before baptism.