catapult magazine

Items tagged family

• Man with no name

  On inter-textual pop culture community in The Cable Guy.

• Mother to mother

  Thoughts on shifting roles in the latter years of a parent’s life.

• Dressing up

  A survey of 22 years of dressing one’s self culminates in a self portrait.

• Dressed up memories

  Friends of catapult respond to a call for reflections on dressing up.

• Adorned with stories

  How our stories of identity can be woven into the fabric that adorns our bodies.

• Everything that rises must converge

  A review of Wes Anderson’s new film, The Darjeeling Limited.

• Splendor in the grass

  Ode on intimations of mortality from recollecting Little Miss Sunshine.

• Losing my convictions

  How letting go can turn into holding on in a better way.

• A decameron of sneaky honesties

  A tour of some of the author’s formative memories in search of the pattern of convictions.

• Around town

  A bike ride prompts gratitude for the gift of community.

• How to give great gifts

  A practical guide for the dazed and confused…as well as the overly confident.

• Remembering

  Holiday memories serve as reminders of the best gifts.

• The gift that keeps on giving

  A review of Noah Baumbach’s Margot and the Wedding.

• Grant’s recommendations 11.16.07

  From Pieces of April and an album of 69 love songs by its music director to the dark alienation of Nick Cave and Grinderman.
  

• Hocynipecism

  Emotional gleanings from the film Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.

• By quiet example

  A mother’s hobby becomes a subtle lesson in creativity and community.

• A night with the hunter

  On creating an in house art house with a classic film.

• A Christmas reflection on an extraordinary life

  A time of year when families traditionally gathers prompts thoughts about a mother’s identity.

• Hating my family

  The times, they are a changin’ in my family and yours.

• A shifting image

  On family gatherings marked by new life and loss.

• I've become my mother

  A reflection on the super-humans we know as our parents.

• Closeness and incarnation

  An interactive reflection on families, intimacy and the transforming power of Christ’s birth.

• Top ten New Year’s predictions

  A report on a family and friend tradition to mark the turning of the year.

• Security for sale

  On quieting one’s own fears and keeping a house safe for two kids.

• Inside seasons

  A review of Tamara Jenkins’ film The Savages.

• On becoming an “artist,” pied beauty and art in community

  A talk and slide show from the author's recent photography exhibit.
  

• Grant’s recommendations 3.7.08

  Reviews of two documentary tours, one of the American South to discover evangelical Christianity and one around the world  to explore the nature of human ambition.

• A chisel to remember him by

  A simple tool can tell a book’s worth of memories.

• The sacrament of laundry

  Within the folds of clean clothes, a mother discovers something about her own mother.

• Practicing Resurrection at Russet House Farm

  A report on a community gathering to explore the role of sustainability in a life of Christian faithfulness.