Print Vol. 7

Foreword

Welcome back or welcome for the first time if you’ve never picked up one of our magazines before. 

And Sons continues to gather and produce content for the initiate, for the young man on the journey of becoming more, for the man who loves Jesus and doesn’t know why he’s dying in church. Which means that in this volume you’ll find gear reviews, a father wrestling with lasting grief, a young man entering a trade with no idea what to do, and so much more.

And what is going on with that cover image? This is not how I imagined I would look in my shirtless photoshoot for the cover of a magazine. I’d like to think that our magazine is steeped in playfulness, or maybe even quote a little Shakespeare: “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

But I wouldn’t consider myself to be a wise man, so who knows. Guess you’ll have to read on to figure out what the story is.

Here’s to another volume of And Sons, best enjoyed in a quiet place, a favorite chair, a garage with a couple of buddies, or out in the wild. I think you will dig what we’ve put together for this, our seventh installment of the printed magazine.

 – Sam Eldredge

Contents

Identity

How a Truck Brought Me Closer to God

Liturgy for Thunderstorms

Gear Guide: Swim Goggles

Montana

Scaling Mount Yonah

Navigating Your Crisis of Faith

Throttle Up, Cowboy

Sex, the Soul, Addiction, and Longing for God

The Fun Terror of Being an Amateur

Blessed Woundedness

How to Pray (When You’re Sick of It)

Hammer & Spear: A Knifemaker’s Story

Armbars & Answered Questions

Helms Alee!

To Be Known

Amphibious Operations

Contributors

WRITERS

Austin Conant, Ben Richardson, Blaine Eldredge, Cameron Moix, Dan Zehner, Erik Swenson, Ian Helmke, Jeremiah Means, Joe Anastasio, John Eldredge, Josh Skaggs, Nic Bovee, Sam Eldredge

ARTWORK & PHOTOGRAPHY

Anna Dale, Blaine Eldredge, Dillon Fancher, Eli Dale, Eliott Badiqué, Erik Swenson, fran_kie, Ian Helmke, Jake Dowling, Joe Anastasio, Justin Wells, Mark Fischer, Martin Sattler, Matt Jones, Mike Robinson, Phil Gable, Richard Seldomridge, Tom Barrett, Wookie Jones

DESIGN & LAYOUT

Wookie Jones