catapult magazine

vol. 10, num. 8 :: 2011.04.22 — 2011.05.05

Schools, Christian and otherwise, have taken on a certain status quo form in much of the world, but many are choosing to forego the standard route for all kinds of reasons. If the resurrection story has the power to shape everything we do, how does it shape the education of ourselves and our children? Reflections on pre-college education.

Feature

Learning the rhythms of the New Creation

by Christopher Smith

An Easter reflection on growing together in our church communities.

Editorial

Upside down education

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Expressing gratitude for parents and teachers who re-imagined "success."

Articles

How to improve education in the United States

by Bill Boerman-Cornell

Seven rules from the perspective of a parent and professional educator.

Little sinners

by Rachel Stone

On educating children in the ways of grace.

Generations of ice

by Carol Vande Kraats

A journey through the centuries to learn from that timeless teacher: the puddle.

Gallery

In case you missed it the first time

The hard parts

by Carol Vande Kraats

On the suffering that penetrates even the colorfully-decorated walls of a kindergarten classroom.

Top Ten re: learning tools

by Amy Carpenter Leugs

An unschooling mom makes a list from experience.

Weaving the web

The Cross and the Color Line

Killing the Buddha

Timothy B. Tyson remembers his education as a white boy growing up in the segregated south.

Practicing our faith at home

Practicing Our Faith

Susan Briehl on home habits that can shape children for faithful living.

Columns

The confusion surrounding Black Friday

by Paula Jenkins

On the contemporary relevance of a risen Savior.

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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