catapult magazine

vol. 5, num. 14 :: 2006.07.14 — 2006.07.28

What does it mean to be a citizen of a country? Of the Kingdom? On the nature of belonging, as well as the tensions and harmonies that exist among our various allegiances.

Feature

Gone south

by David Howard Malone

A Midwesterner in Tennessee reflects on alienation and belonging.

Editorial

Into exile

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

An impending move prompt thoughts about belonging in a place.

Articles

Uprooted

by Michelle Van Loon

An illegal immigrant learns about the difficulties of not claiming identity.

'Tis the season to remember my citizenship

by Deborah Leiter Nyabuti

Reflections on the layers of identity involved in citizenship.

Late night thoughts on being a disciple of the Kingdom

by Reverend Lawrence W. Farris

A brief exploration of citizenship related to identity.

Reviews

True, in the end

by Josh Hurst

A review of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.

Concerning the Sighting of Aliens in the Cornfields Near Bushnell, Illinois

by Neil E. Das

A review of the Cornerstone Festival 2006.

Gallery

In case you missed it the first time

Interview with Jim Skillen

by Jerry Vreeman

Exclusive interview with Jim Skillen regarding issues of church and state.

The poor are not the problem

by Gideon Strauss

A review of The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else by Hernando de Soto.

Star-spangled dreams

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Wouldn't we all love to live in the country of our dreams?

Mea Culpa

by Rev. William Haley

On why Christians should be disturbed by the current war in Iraq and what we should all be doing about it, regardless of our opinion.

Weaving the web

The Center for New Democracy

A project out of Wisconsin seeks to create a fourth branch of government, the Popular Branch, by allowing citizens to vote on pending legislation. See what you think…

What's at stake?

Sojourner's

Resources for promoting compassion, not criminalization in immigration reform.

Who is my neighbor?

urbana.org

A column from Carolyn Carney on the tension between being a consumer and being a citizen.

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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