catapult magazine

Items tagged generosity

• Needing home

  Will a place to lay my head ever materialize?

• Willie

  Encounters with a neighbor in need raise questions of how to adequately meet the need.

• Top ten things I learned from my father-in-law about how to be a Christian for real

  A list honoring Vern Boerman, who passed away on December 21, 2006.

• Open hands

  A meditation on the idea that we who have freely received should freely give.

• An overflowing theme

  Or "how I learned to stop worrying and love abundance."

• Identity theft

  A reflection on how aid can rob a culture of generosity.

• Playing well with others

  A call for listening and embrace in our culture making.

• Back to school

  What the Boomers need to re-learn about security.

• My comfort tomorrow or someone else’s today?

  A college graduate ponders retirement planning.

• Extravagant birthdays and extreme poverty

  Raising children with a perspective on global inequity.

• Bruised peaches taste sweeter

  Reflecting on the relationships that make local shopping the best bargain.

• Guerrilla gifting

  Learning to believe again, via the story of St. Nicholas.

• He gave us himself

  A few words on a family tradition to help contextualize giving and receiving gifts.

• The freedom of less

  Taking a simple lifestyle for granted -- and occasionally, as an idol.

• The tasting room

  Savoring the memory of unexpected hospitality.

• The most under-reported reality of urban America

  Reports of radical hospitality from Chicago and beyond.

• Near ... far!

  Ten reasons to support *cino from wherever you are.

• The wildflower way

  Fundraising anti-advice from a kid who always just ate the chocolate bars herself.

• Want some pie?

  Experiencing community at a temporary table in the city.

• Jesus said...

  Resolutions and wise words for 2014.

• The flicker tree

  Remembering the many gifts of an old friend.