Exceptional picks from a year’s worth of listening by The Banner’s Mixed Media editor.

How C.S. Lewis thought the natural world and senses were a doorway to God.

Christian trio Selah incorporates bluegrass and world music into their new album.

A winsome children’s picture book comparing the rhinoceros and the rhinoceros beetle.

An art expert and a thief travel the world to solve an ancient mystery

A warm and engaging look at the life and career of one of the finest singers of the 20th century.

In the tradition of Because of Winn Dixie, a young girl deals with her mother’s suicide in this riveting juvenile novel.

Old-fashioned whodunit movie surprises, delights.

A memoir of a woman who escaped the clutches of the Jehovah’s Witness religious cult.

Singer-songwriter Sandra McCracken embraces the sacred story of Jesus’ birth.

Is Kanye West’s much-buzzed-about new album truly his first Christian recording?

A soundtrack for Christmas calls listeners to thoughtful reflection.

In this lively podcast, Sadie Robertson of “Duck Dynasty” fame asks guests, ‘What is the best advice you have ever been given’?

Phil Wickham’s second Christmas album brings peaceful worship.

The four Kandel sisters—triplets and a younger sister who each retired from a teaching career—share comical, vulnerable, and spiritually astute insights into getting older.

The cultural and medical history of dementia by a leading psychiatrist and bioethicist who urges us to turn our focus from cure to care.

A retired assassin tries to make a fresh start as a pastor, even as the bullets continue to fly.

A vividly illustrated picture book teaches children about their refugee counterparts around the world.

Fiddles fly on this Irish-infused collection of Christmas music from the beloved Gettys.

A sad but sweet movie about a dog and his racecar driver owner.

The author of Radical takes readers on a soul-searching journey through impoverished villages in the Himalayan mountains.

An award-winning, harrowing novel about two orphans living in Newfoundland.

Jeremy Camp’s 12th studio album dazzles with electronic beats and stirring lyrics.