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Mixed Media
Reviews of books, movies, music, television, websites, and more, looking at the world of arts and entertainment from a Reformed perspective. To submit a review, click here.
Uniquely You: Exploring Your Child’s Extraordinarily Distinctive Design
By Sally Clarkson and Nathan ClarksonUniquely You, by bestselling authors Sally Clarkson and her son, Nathan Clarkson, is filled with biblical and life-learned wisdom for helping kids become and enjoy being the person God designed them to be.
Deep Roots, Good Fruit: Seeing the Fruit of the Spirit through Story & Scripture
By Kristin Elizabeth CouchBy combining memorable stories with rich meditations on Scripture, Kristin Couch encourages readers to see that God is at work even in life’s mundane moments.
Small Things Like These is an artful Irish movie about large matters.
Becoming the Pastor’s Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman’s Path to Ministry
By Beth Allison BarrIn Becoming the Pastor's Wife, Barr draws on her experience and her academic expertise to trace the history of the role of the pastor's wife, showing how it both helped and hurt women in conservative Protestant traditions.
All Joy
By Natalie LayneAn ebullient record connects listeners to joy in the Lord.
A Sea of Gold: A Ukrainian Family's Story through the Generations
By Patricia PolaccoBeloved and bestselling storyteller Patricia Polacco draws on her Ukrainian heritage in this picture book following one family’s history through the generations and the powerful bond of their love.
Misunderstood because of her green skin, a young woman forges an unlikely but profound friendship with a popular student. Following an encounter with the Wizard of Oz, their relationship reaches a crossroad.
From Wilderness to Glory: Lent and Easter for Everyone
By N. T. WrightThink, pray, and reflect through the stories of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrectio
Bipolar Faith: A Black Woman's Journey with Depression and Faith
By Monica ColemanA theologian with bipolar disorder writes a complex and riveting memoir.
A comedic podcast about finding God in Alaska
A retired professor gets a new lease on life when a private investigator hires him to go undercover inside a San Francisco retirement home.
Get our list of movies, books, and podcasts to check out this month.
Will's Race for Home
By Jewell Parker RhodesBestselling author Jewell Parker Rhodes goes west in this thrilling adventure story about a father and son who set out to win land during the Oklahoma Land Rush—if they can survive the journey.
A Bend in the River
Directed by Colin BroderickAn Irish story moves viewers along a redemptive arc.
My Hive: A Girl, Her Grandfather, and Their Honeybee Family
By Meredith May. Illustrated by Jasmin DwyerBy the author of the award-winning memoir The Honey Bus, a bittersweet picture book about a lonesome and fearful girl who finds herself at home with her grandfather and his honeybees.
In the Garden
By Doug TjapkesDoug Tjapkes has been playing piano and organ in worship in the CRC for 70 years!
Being a Sanctuary: The Radical Way for the Body of Christ to Be Sacred, Soft, and Safe
By Pricelis Perreaux-DominguezPricelis Perreaux-Dominguez, who has experienced abuse, trauma, and racism within the church, examines the state of the church and offers us a hopeful path forward.
A dying woman, her cat, and an anxiety-ridden man go on a journey after an alien invasion.
Born of Gilded Mountains
By Amanda DykesIn 1948, scandal-plagued Hollywood star Mercy Windsor seeks refuge in the Colorado mining town where her childhood pen pal lived.
The New Testament in Color: A Multiethnic Bible Commentary
By Esau McCaulley (Editor), Janette H. Ok (Co-editor), Osvaldo Padilla (Co-editor), and Amy Peeler (Co-editor)In a first-of-its-kind volume, The New Testament in Color offers biblical commentary that is multiethnic, diverse, and contextual.
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.
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 HaleyIn 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.