catapult magazine

vol. 10, num. 2 :: 2011.01.28 — 2011.02.10

In some parts of the world, the gray and cold of winter inspires a need to escape emotionally, physically and otherwise. What does it look like to stick it out through all seasons and to stick it out well? In what ways is winter nourishing and necessary?

Feature

Staying in to tend the fire

by Peter Tigchelaar

Learning to stay present to God in each moment on the cusp of a lay monastic novitiate.

Editorial

Home to stay

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

A reflection on practicing a domestic liturgy.

Articles

Snowed in

by David Brown

On the advantages and disadvantages of fleeing winter's darkness.

Do not disterb

by MaryAnn McKibben Dana

A family learns to trust the Spirit and stay inside -- until it's time.

From a death we should be glad of?

by Katrina VandenBerg

A reflection on the merits of an underappreciated season.

Sitting out Snowmageddon

by Cary Umhau

How a hotel became the perfect retreat from a literal and figurative snowstorm.

Gallery

In case you missed it the first time

Ten things I love about winter (to get me through)

by Michelle Julianne Gallagher

On appreciating the unique benefits of a cold season.

Be still and know

by Naomi R. Wenger

On the value of showing up for a time of silence.

Ten things to do during bad weather

by Lauren Wayne

Ways to amuse children indoors, but out of the house.

Weaving the web

North

IMAGE Blog

Kelly Foster writes about a winter visit to her boyfriend’s family home in Minnesota.

Winter is for Lingering

Curator Magazine

Rebecca Horton on learning to appreciate the cold season.

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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