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Posted on August 8, 2023August 7, 2023

Facing the Loss that Comes with Age

I’m losing my oldest friend. Six years ago my wife — my love and half of me — died. Two years later, my cousin, with whom I shared …

Rose Peterson on gardens flowers God for Salt & Iron: SeasonedWriting.com
Living

Gardening with God

The world began with a garden. “This is not new information,” you say. True. Nevertheless, it is an amazing thing to contemplate. Eden must …

Posted on August 1, 2023July 24, 2023
Thomas Sleete on blind faith for Salt & Iron: Seasoned Writing
Religion

Walking Trees as a Lesson in Faith

Jesus performed one of his most interesting miracles on the blind man outside Bethsaida. Mark 8: 22–25 tells how friends of a blind man took …

Posted on July 25, 2023July 22, 2023
Andrea Sommers on yokes for Salt & Iron: SeasonedWriting.com
Religion

When Your Yoke is Hard and Your Burden Heavy: part one

I spent this last year planning my wedding, which is to say, I spent the year chronically busy and stressed. I don’t think I was … Read More ›

Posted on July 11, 2023June 25, 2023
Richard Dick on firebombing Japan in World War II for Salt & Iron: SeasonedWriting
Politics

Heroes or Monsters? American Firebombing of Japan in World War II

Headlines of civilian deaths in recent fighting rightly provoke investigations, soul-searching, and sometimes disciplinary or legal actions against some of those responsible …

Posted on July 4, 2023June 30, 2023
Elizabeth Hance on virtuous men from Jane Austen novels for Salt & Iron: SeasonedWriting
Living

Jane Austen’s Model of Manhood

In his 1943 work, The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis famously wrote about the crisis he saw among young men. He lamented the younger generation’s … Read More ›

Posted on June 27, 2023June 25, 2023
Noah Diekemper on the history of marriage for Salt & Iron: SeasonedWriting.com
Philosophy

Puritanical Weddings and the Truth about Marriage

“For all their contractual ideas, Puritans ‘suspected that failure to marry was a sign of God’s ill favor.’” Noah Diekemper unpacks colonial American views on #marriage

Posted on June 13, 2023June 8, 2023
Dabney Baldridge on Children at Play for Salt & Iron: SeasonedWriting
Living

Child’s Play is Serious Business

When children are immersed in play, their imaginations run free with almost limitless possibilities. A tree transforms into a mast, a giant, or home base. … Read More ›

Posted on June 6, 2023June 2, 2023
Aaron Kilgore on RPGs for Salt & Iron: Seasoned Writing
Art

The Wonderful World of RPG Characters

Have Tale, Will Tell: What makes role playing game (RPGs) unique in the grand scheme of things? How does the form of the RPG shape its …

Posted on May 30, 2023May 31, 2023

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