The Mixed Media editor picks four worthy reads to enrich Black History Month, from a propulsive multigenerational saga to a faith-based novel based on real-life events during Reconstruction.
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After the devastating 2019 fire at Notre Dame, two sarcophaguses were discovered under the cathedral’s stone floor. Follow a team of archaeologists and historians as they attempt to solve centuries-old mysteries.
Not Pop-Pop
By Angela De Groot. Illustrated by MacKenzie HaleyREAD MOREIn this tender picture book, a trip to the library turns into an adventure in kindness and a reminder that people experiencing homelessness deserve compassion and respect.
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Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, and George Whitefield were the three most prominent early evangelicals—and all three were deeply compromised on the issue of slavery.
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This podcast invites us to see the entertainment in between the pages of classic novels.
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All of us have discussed sermons—at Grandma’s house, in church meetings, or in conversation with family or friends.
All We Were Promised
By Ashton LattimoreREAD MOREA housemaid with a dangerous family secret conspires with a wealthy young abolitionist to help an enslaved girl escape, in volatile pre-Civil War Philadelphia.
Lockerbie: The Search for Truth
Otto Bathurst & Jim LouchREAD MOREA new streaming series explores how a father grieved Pan Am Flight 103, the flight of grief, now more poignant in light of recent plane crashes.
A Healing Touch
By Suzanne Woods FisherREAD MOREWhen a baby is left on her doorstep, formerly Amish doctor Ruth Stoltzfus must confront the state of her marriage and a life out of balance.
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Eighty years ago, as a little boy, I experienced the sadness and the sin of a church split.
Yonder Come Day: Exploring the Collective Witness of the Formerly Enslaved
By Jasmine L. HolmesREAD MOREExperience the struggles, sorrows, triumphs, and hopes of real people who survived one of the darkest periods of American history.
Matin 3: Turn
By Jess RayREAD MOREA meditative album recorded between first light and dawn.
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We all want God’s help, but something deeper in our hearts must happen to us to be able to want God’s hold.
Between Two Brothers
By Crystal AllenREAD MOREInspired by real events, Between Two Brothers is a powerful and uplifting story about forgiveness, brotherhood, and the power of a family’s unconditional love.
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A breathtaking look at a disappearing way of life among the haenyeo sea divers of Jeju Island, South Korea.
Harvest of Hope
By Amanda H. Midkiff. Illustrated by Christopher FowlerREAD MOREIn her sequel to her middle school novel, Where the Crops Never Fail, author Amanda Midkiff returns 10 years later to the idyllic Riverside Farm in Virginia.
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How should all these amazing discoveries be interpreted? How did the universe get this way? And why is there something rather than nothing
The Ache
By Brandon HeathREAD MOREReflecting on his mom’s death, Brandon Heath releases his ninth album with themes of mourning and joy.
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Bible scholars say the phrase “knowing good and evil” in Genesis 3 is a Jewish merism. It is an idiomatic Hebrew way of saying, “the potential to unlimited knowledge.”
Giving and Receiving Onions
A word of encouragement for recent graduatesREAD MOREI suppose it’s natural to desire a tremendous purpose.
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King Solomon observed, recorded, and reported what he saw in creation. One of my favorite ways to do this is through nature journaling.
The Laundryman's Boy
By Edward Y. C. LeeREAD MOREFall 1913, St. Catharines, Ont.: 13-year-old Hoi Wing Woo, the son of a scholar, is forced to give up his dreams of an education when he is sent to work in a Chinese laundry in Canada.
Treasures in the Dark: 90 Reflections on Finding Bright Hope Hidden in the Hurting
By Katherine Wolf (with Alex Wolf)READ MORESometimes the most valuable treasures are found in the darkest of times. It's often in the heart of our deepest pain and struggle that God chooses to reveal his most precious gifts.
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If Christianity is all about always having the right or correct answers, why does Jesus regularly teach in such a convoluted way?