Spiritual director Alice Fryling explores how to navigate the journey of retirement, lifestyle changes, and new limitations of aging.
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A reviewer makes a case for watching Oscar nominee Drive My Car at home.
In 365 Days of Peace, writer and theologian Jessica Kantrowitz offers a moment of peace for that transition into the evening.
A journalist investigates the case of Anna Delvey, the Instagram-legendary heiress who stole the hearts and money of New York elites.
This lighthearted story about loyalty, problem solving, friendship, and independence is divided into short, action-packed chapters for ages 8-12.
Mitali Perkins delves into novels by Louisa May Alcott, C. S. Lewis, L. M. Montgomery, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and other literary "uncles" and "aunts" that illuminate the virtuous, abundant life.
A third studio album from British prog rock outfit Altitude does not disappoint.
Set in Canada in 1972, this beautiful Booker Prize-longlisted novel is about painful histories that need reckoning with and the moments in life when we can change for the better.
An Indigenous CRC pastor talks about seeking the truth in movie depictions of his people.
Anxious women. Hopeful couples. And the doctor who took advantage of them all.
Lynda Randle lends her deep, powerful voice to an album of “lament, healing, forgiveness and love.”
A sweeping YA adventure set in the late 19th century about science, love, and finding your place in the world, perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys and Julie Berry.
As London prepares for war in 1939, a young woman moves from the country to work at a bookshop.
Five friends try to make it one gig at a time on this PG streaming comedy.
A book for 5- to 7-year-olds about what it feels like to have a negative thought you just can't shake and the steps you can take to let it go.
A new podcast hosted by Karen Swallow Prior looks at the faith and works of Jane Austen.
Internationally recognized Old Testament scholar Richard Briggs helps readers understand the power and vision of Psalm 23.
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A speaker is surprised to learn that church youth don’t care for many of the new worship songs.
In this little book, Cornelius Plantinga offers a month’s worth of prayers, with two for each day: one for the morning, looking forward, and one for the evening, looking back.
A dark comedy and satire about a megachurch pastor, his family, and their excesses.
A young boy on a crowded bus discovers that, after some wiggles and giggles, there’s room for everyone in this lighthearted rhyming picture book set in Zanzibar.
Will Smith plays Richard Williams, father of tennis greats Venus and Serena Williams, in an Oscar-nominated film and role.
This exquisite middle-grade novel from Newbery Honoree and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt follows a creaky old camel out to save two baby kestrel chicks during a massive desert storm.