catapult magazine

Items tagged shame

• Bound by shame

  On the ability of the gospel?s messengers to bring healing to those who suffer from memories of sexual abuse.

• Denim sinner, coffeeshop Savior

  How true love meets guilt and shame one fateful, folk-filled evening.

• At war with shame

  On using politeness to distance ourselves.

• Kissing and telling

  On what our own teen experiences can teach us about being adults in the lives of teen-agers.

• White

  An attempt to embrace a subject that produces more questions than answers.

• Storytelling

  Thoughts from a writing teacher and father-to-be.

• Coming to consciousness

  How adults and children can walk together on the journey toward discovering grace and self.

• What a friend we have in guilt

  On falling in with the wrong crowd after a misstep.

• Pre-guilt and the suffering Herod

  A narrative glimpse into the historic mind of a regretful king.

• The weight in Willie’s eyes

  What does one do when a panhandler shows up in the parking lot of the family business?

• Crying he makes

  A call to embrace both joy and sorrow as we remember the birth of Immanuel.

• Surprised by grief

  On embracing the mourning of parents who have lost a child to a miscarriage.

• The book that changed my life

  A confession about the power of the written word.

• What I wish I'd known then

  Advice to a teen-aged self struggling with anxiety.

• Insider outed

  On the secrets we all keep.

• Starting over

  Remembering the challenges and triumphs of the teen years.

• The shame for which I weep

  When churches fail to offer acceptance and healing for gay and lesbian believers.

• Body parts

  Reclaiming rituals for whole personhood.

• Let’s (not) talk about sex

  Loneliness and misperceptions in the wake of the church’s number one taboo.

• Into the silence

  A pastor reckons with a retreat averted.

• Coming home to my soul’s address

  Thoughts on the beauties and transgressions of the human body.

• Viewing the whole person

  Responding to revenge porn victims -- and ourselves -- with compassion.