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Politics

Wrong about Being Right

The phrase began in 1935. Politicians and pundits from both sides of the political spectrum, but mostly the left, claim that they are on the “right side of history” …

Posted on February 27, 2024June 4, 2024
Politics

Simply Become the Majority

“The game,” intimates Screwtape to Wormwood, “is to have them all running about with fire extinguishers whenever there is a flood, and all crowding to … Read More ›

Posted on February 20, 2024June 4, 2024
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
Thomas Sleete on meeting heroes in heaven, for Salt & Iron: SeasonedWriting
Religion

A Batting Order of Heroes

I’m going to steal an idea from the writings of Mitch Albom. He wrote a book titled The Five People You Meet in Heaven. When I first saw …

Posted on April 11, 2023April 8, 2023
Nicholas Callaghan on Narnia for Salt & Iron: Seasoned Writing
Art

Outgrowing Narnia: part two

Read part one. In these times of broadcasting human misery around the globe, when those we trusted most have betrayed us, when war and death … Read More ›

Posted on April 4, 2023June 2, 2023
Nicholas Callaghan on C.S. Lewis and the wonder of childhood for Salt & Iron: Seasoned Writing
Art

Outgrowing Narnia: part one

C.S. Lewis’s famous Chronicles of Narnia ends with a bang in The Last Battle. A constant theme in earlier books revolves around who gets to … Read More ›

Posted on March 28, 2023June 2, 2023
Nicholas Callaghan on C.S. Lewis Till We Have Faces for Salt and Iron: Seasoned Writing
Art

The Beauty Behind the Veil

In his last published work before he died, Lewis explores themes of suffering, human relationship, and man’s quest for God. Till We Have Faces retells … Read More ›

Posted on October 11, 2022September 23, 2022
C.S. Lewis, Joseph Ratzinger,modernity, Salt & Iron
Philosophy

C.S. Lewis, Joseph Ratzinger, and Modernity’s Fatal Flaw

A little more than seven decades have passed since the publication of The Abolition of Man (1943), and we are fortunate that the world is … Read More ›

Posted on November 6, 2018November 13, 2018
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Art

Fiction Makes Us Better Christians

Fiction can have incredible power over audiences. I recall once feeling such wretched suspense over a book that I forced myself to take a break. … Read More ›

Posted on May 1, 2018April 8, 2018

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