catapult magazine

Items tagged body

• Reflecting on the incarnation

  An exploration of the interplay among language, the body and the incarnation.

• An advertisement for advertising

  An animation featuring some stats about advertising; a good introduction to 'So what?' below.

• So what?

  Analyzing advertising statistics and asking why Christians should care.

• For the health of the body

  A member of the *cino community discusses her struggles with addiction and explores the link between mental health, physical health, and the health of the body of believers.

• Do we even need a sporting chance?

  A faith-based argument against interscholastic athletics.

• Fear of falling

  How challenging our bodies can help us learn to take risks for the sake of obedience.

• The toughest years

  Girls on the Run has a unique program for addressing the issues of teen and pre-teen girls.

• Claim your calling

  How can the body function if one part is missing? or worse yet, performing the wrong task?

• "His Body, broken for you"

  A last-minute duty yields lasting revelation.

• Ineffable bawdiness

  Are rock-stardom and Christianity compatible?

• On becoming a Diva for Jesus

  Some words about conscious personal care for women, with a warning to those who faint at the thought of seeing The Vagina Monologues.

• Taking inventory

  What have I done lately that?s been wholly nourishing?

• You are here

  Reflections on consciousness.

• On mystery, curiosity and the Mediterranean sunbather

  A conversation between husband and wife about a curious European phenomenon.

• Ghetto ballet lessons

  If mourning were literally transformed into dancing, what would the transformation look like?

• What to wear?

  Considering fashion on the college campus and beyond.

• Cleanliness and cruelty

  On discovering God in the shower.

• Mouthwash, midnight and a monologue

  Looking back at a mile marker on a journey toward greater freedom.

• Born in a barn

  A review of Debbie Blue's collection of sermons titled Sensual Orthdoxy.

• From the ashes

  At opposite ends of the Lenten journey are two paradoxical reminders.

• Thoughts on things

  A collection of short reflections on things collected by Tala Azar Strauss.

• Sex and spirit

  An exploration of the link between our bodies and the divine in healthy sexual activity.

• The perfect body

  On the dynamics of accepting one’s own body and teaching a teen-aged daughter to do the same.

• Gaudi’s cross the community of two

  A work of art serves as a reminder of the nature of Christian fellowship.

• Christian funerals

  A collection of ideas on the structure and purposes of funeral services.

• (In)Security and the Fall

  Eve Ensler’s Insecure at Last prompts theological reflection on the lie of security.

• Eating violence

  Exploring the troubling origins of our identities as creatures who are what we eat.

• Consuming toward exile

  On claiming culpability in the case of the star everyone loves to hate.

• Femininity and the Big-Boned Gal

  Reflecting on identity via a mother's larger-than-life mythology.

• Incarnational Meditation Exercises 1-3

  Preparing for the Christmas celebration during Advent by touching, visiting and living.