The Print Issue:
Volume 1
Luke Skywalker. The Colt Revolver. The Miracle on Ice.
They all started with a dream. And then they took a journey. For six(ish) years we’ve published online, made films, produced a podcast, all with one goal: to show, in example after example, the development of the young man's soul.
Caribou hunting. Working with addiction. Climbing Kilimanjaro. Making world class sausage. And, of course, getting out into the Rockies on two wheels.
112 Pages
8.25" x 10.75" Perfect Bound
Soft-Touch Cover
Where to begin? I suppose with a welcome, we’re glad this is in your hands and you’re flipping through it. And Sons began as a vision shared between a father and three sons while smoking cigars around a heater in the family garage while everyone was home one Thanksgiving.
It was 2012 and we had no idea where this would go.
Over the next six years (so far), this idea would grow into an online magazine that we worked on after shifts at the bar and grad classes with each of us living in different states. From there, multiple short film series, a feature length film, and a podcast series would blossom, until we have arrived here: with Volume 1 of the anthology. We’re stoked.
A little about us though…The name “And Sons” calls upon that history of apprenticeship, of following in our fathers’ footsteps, of a shared experience at some core level. It’s about being initiated and being a part of something larger.
We are brothers, adventure seekers, writers, sons, and young fathers. We love Jesus. We aim to explore what it means to live with authentic masculinity as we step into the complexities of this world at this wild moment. And we’re honest—sometimes a little too honest—but we trust you’ll know if something is genuine or not, and we’d rather spend our time being ourselves than pretending to be something or someone we’re not. We hope you’ll join us in that.
The idea for this magazine was born out of a shared desire to see quality content address a wider landscape than what most would assume to be “Christian” or “masculine” or any other of a slew of catchphrases. From bowhunting caribou in the Yukon to hearing the voice of God to tattoos to fighting human trafficking to making killer charcuterie on our kitchen counters…this volume has much to be explored.
A few years into this, we are really excited for you to have this hard copy in your hands.
Thanks for joining us in the search for the ancient paths. We hope you enjoy this, our inaugural print edition.
– Sam Eldredge
What’s Included in Vol. 1
Contents
005 Foreword
006 100 Miles in the Desert
014 She Needs Adventure
016 When I Met Kevin
020 No Easy Lessons
028 A Guide to Marksmanship
032 The Prophecy All Around You
038 In The Ring
044 Municycle
049 In Defense of Millennials
053 Riding Waves
060 Listen Up
066 Charcuterie
070 Making Sausage
076 Son of a Fly-Fisherman
079 And Taking Names
083 Over the Wall
086 The Art of the Tattoo
088 The Land of Tanganyika
097 Direction & Adversity
102 A Story Worth Living
111 What Does Masculinity Mean?
Contributors
Writers
Sam Eldredge, Blaine Eldredge, Luke Eldredge, John Eldredge, Rachel Douglas Swanson
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Richard Seldomridge, Justin Lukasavige, Hannah Holland, Keaton Hudson
ARTWORK
Momin Arju, Blaine Eldredge, Wookie Jones
DESIGN & LAYOUT
Wookie Jones
And Sons : The Print Issue
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