catapult magazine

Items tagged service

• Paradox and the Fall

  Since the Fall, God uses our weaknesses to build community and helps us gain a sense of Eden's bliss.

• I am the church, you are the church

  Where does *cino stand in relationship to the universal church? Here's an exploration of what our organization is and is not.

• <b>*cino</b>: the mission and vision

  If you've been wondering what *culture is not optional is all about, check out our latest attempt to explain ourselves. Hint: it's got something to do with our motto?

• Commuting to Africa

  A North American woman finds home on a vast and colorful continent that inspires both incredible joy and difficult questions.

• Emphasizing global citizenship

  An interview with Tom Meyers, director of the Study Service Term program at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana.

• Seeking to be changed

  A Midwestern college student volunteers for an eight-week summer mission trip to Eastern Europe.

• And the winners are . . .

  An opportunity to take note of an individual and an organization who have been influential in the past year, practically serving and helping others serve the God who is Lord of all of life.

• A catapult FAQ

  Answers to some basic questions you may have about this online magazine and an explanation of this unusual issue.

• Confessions of weakness

  Investigating the root causes of the desire to escape illuminates a path for growth.

• Judgment calls

  What the world teaches us about the labels we place on ourselves.

• Partnership redeemed

  A service of marriage, performed on December 31, 2000.

• Coming down now

  Learning to live together in a house built on a foundation of public promises.

• The greatest commandment(s)

  A service honoring the command to love and exploring what it means to love well.

• Let Christ invade your life

  How do we surrender to love as disciples of Christ in a broken world?

• The Big C's of Vernon J. Boerman

  A tribute to a beloved father whose influence went well beyond his family.

• And heals all your diseases

  A sermon on Psalm 103 from a service of healing.

• Grant’s recommendations 11.30.07

  Two documentaries, with Sicko telling the sad story of U.S. healthcare and Let the Church Say Amen telling the story of a small congregation in Washington, D.C.

• The tide of trash

  On what happens when conflicting ideas take walks around the same neighborhood.

• A song in my home

  How making a first home can be a re-discovery of self.

• A porch glider and a glass of sweet tea

  A grandmother's humble lessons about what it means to be a woman.

• Thanks, Mom

  Confronting the inner child as an adult living in mom and dad's home.

• A Kingdom for others

  On raising kids who are helpers rather than hoarders.

• No un-growth

  On the power of formative experience to set growth in motion.

• Embracing teenagers

  A proposal for serving youth more effectively in the church.

• Bringing up Bart

  Imaging youth group as an expression of what we are for.

• Things I carry with me

  A collection of thoughts gathered during time spent in Africa.

• Paid in hope and heartbreak

  Why I volunteer -- and create opportunities for others to do the same.

• Volunteering as a way of life

  A recent graduate explores the benefits of full-time volunteering through Mennonite Voluntary Service.

• For whose glory?

  On learning to see God's love in action, not ours.

• Save a seat

  On discovering the weight of the sacred meal.