catapult magazine

Items tagged family

• Some say the Midwest is dying

  A young couple mourns and celebrates the passing of time as they visit the small town of Hospers, Iowa.

• The ties that bind

  A teen-aged boy struggles with the many dimensions of what it means to be his brother's keeper as he cares for his mentally handicapped older brother.

• Bean-counting and babysitting

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

• Sunshine after the storm

  A family endures a painful situation to discover the enduring beauty of God's grace.

• *cino needs YOU

  As we live in a spirit of gratitude, we can also actively seek to receive God's blessings.

• 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.

• Waiting for the rising

  A few life lessons from the ghosts of my ancestors.

• Growing family

  An Advent reflection on adopting and being adopted.

• Taking a deep breath

  Creating a home that is right respite for yourself and others.

• Somewhere in the middle

  When home is neither here nor there.

• Building a family

  A family tree bears more than just skilled contractors.

• Passing it on

  On teaching a new generation to care for creation.

• Open heart

  On the saving gift of friends and family.

• Late night thoughts on friends as family

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

• The Punch

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

• Introverted like me

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

• Choice cuisine

  What does it mean to truly ?eat well??

• My spiritual heritage

  On the links between our spiritual and family trees.

• What dogs will eat

  A family?s food culture is cultivated in relationship with others, human and animal.

• Dreaming in sugar

  How food and identity are intertwined in Cristina Garcia?s Dreaming in Cuban.

• One resource-full week

  A week-long natural resource calendar guides the whole family in resource education and analysis.

• Twice adopted

  On negotiating a scarred family past to discover true identity.

• Death and birth

  Reflections on becoming a parent.

• New life in adoption

  On traveling to China to adopt a daughter.

• Marriage, before and after

  A condensed journal of a relationship, from start to middle.

• Sweaters

  On the garments of our lives and the memories they absorb.

• Fragments of a sort of Midwestern hagiography

  Sometime the saint is in our blood.

• Grandma

  On a loving example of acceptance and joy.

• <i>Our Dinner</i>

  A family rehearses the scene in real life at the kitchen table.