catapult magazine

vol. 3, num. 22 :: 2004.12.31 — 2005.01.13

We often hear people say during the holidays that the greatest gift of all is having the family together for Christmas. Why are family relationships so important and how do they relate to friendship?

Feature

Open heart

by Wm. Anthony Connolly

On the saving gift of friends and family.

Editorial

Dear friends

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

An extended community provides models of friendship.

Articles

Late night thoughts on friends as family

by Reverend Lawrence W. Farris

What does the biblical narrative help us understand about these relationships?

The Punch

by Brett Alan Dewing

A complicated relationship with a cousin becomes distilled to one incident.

Introverted like me

by Amy Carpenter Leugs

Sorting out the mysterious ways in which one relates to others.

Reviews

The subtle uses of the knife

by Jeff Diaz

A review of the film Closer.

In case you missed it the first time

Bean-counting and babysitting

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Spending an afternoon in a house that two families share reveals the benefits of an option more families should consider.

Single, but not alone

by Charles Snyder

An artist's statement and photographs explore society's stereotypes of single people.

Growing family

by Mary Lagerwey

An Advent reflection on adopting and being adopted.

One is the loneliest number

by Jeremy Huggins

An exegesis of-sorts of II Timothy 4:9-18.

Columns

Stress

by Barbara Lee

How to take steps toward healing in community.

The art of waiting

by Steve Lansingh

What do we do in the moments that add up to eternity?

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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