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.
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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.
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.
Lynda Randle lends her deep, powerful voice to an album of “lament, healing, forgiveness and love.”
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.
Internationally recognized Old Testament scholar Richard Briggs helps readers understand the power and vision of Psalm 23.
A new podcast hosted by Karen Swallow Prior looks at the faith and works of Jane Austen.
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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.
Jeffrey Bilbro invites readers to take a step back and gain some theological and historical perspective on the nature and very purpose of news.
Former Calvin professor spins mature novel about seeing others whole
Mixed Media editor and other Banner reviewers weigh in on 2022 Oscar-nominated movies.
A tender children’s picture book imagines a way to cast our burdens unto Christ.
Top worship artists Passion release five stirring new anthems.
Through innovative storytelling and open-ended questions, this illustrated Bible offers a fun approach to teaching young minds to wonder about the mysteries in God’s Word