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Check out our reviews of movies, music, and books for this month.

Both a New York Times bestseller and a Reece’s Book Club pick, this historical fiction novel focuses on creating the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Worship Initiative’s Aaron Williams centers his first full-length project on the grace, love, and rest Jesus offers

The tree farm I grew up on reminds me that joy and sorrow often mingle, especially during the holidays.

As I write this, Jack is dying in the hospice wing on the third floor of a nursing home in town.

Andrew Huang is a Canadian YouTube personality, musician, music producer, and video producer. He is best known for his "Song Challenge" video series, which invites viewers to dare him in feats of musicianship

A first-person account by Afghan Freshta Tori Jan, CRC church member and Calvin graduate, who was once persecuted by the Taliban.

With over 300,000 copies sold, this rerelease of 1976’s The Fight is an accessible, classic guide to the basics of Christian living: faith, prayer, temptation, evangelism, guidance, Bible study, interpersonal relationships, and work.

In Sioux Center, Iowa, a four-month-old Spanish and English church plant is co-pastored by leaders from the RCA and the CRC.

Embrace Church had two years left to live. Rather than wait for the end, the church sold its building and sought ways to revitalize.

Holland (Mich.) Christian High School won the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 3 championship, and Western Michigan Christian High School in Norton Shores, Mich., took home the Division 4 title.

Cindy Verbeek, a Christian Reformed deacon in British Columbia, is project manager for an A Rocha nature center renovation that received a $105,000 grant.

Have you ever wondered how much time the average Christian Reformed church member spends volunteering for their congregation?

Following in the wake of their critically acclaimed 2020 debut album Flown, Norwegian art rockers Dim Gray return with its “atmospheric” follow-up, Firmament.

The Deadly Scrolls brings together religious intrigue and contemporary detective work, against the explosive backdrop of the Dead Sea Scrolls and modern-day Jerusalem.

It might be helpful to think about our media consumption like our food consumption: try for a well-balanced diet.

The second person of the Trinity becoming flesh in baby Jesus was not only miraculous—a sign of God’s power—but also astonishing—a sign of God’s humility.

He’s different,” they said. “Different” meant I was not one of them. The difference had to be highlighted.

 People can be excellent at hiding intense pain while silently crying out for compassion, friendship, and love.

When the wind of passion leaves our sails, we beat the oars.

A hilarious, action-packed, and highly illustrated middle-grade adventure from acclaimed author and artist Matt Phelan.

This Emmy-nominated prequel to "Breaking Bad" follows small-time attorney Jimmy McGill as he transforms into morally challenged lawyer Saul Goodman.

Actions of Christian Reformed classes (regional group of churches) in the past several months include welcoming candidates as ministers, disbanding congregations, and adopting procedures for handling confessional difficulty gravamina.