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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.
“Want to see what true power really looks like?”
Presbyterian pastor Vito Aiuto and his wife, Monique, otherwise known as The Welcome Wagon, have created another album of unconventional pop songs that dive headfirst into the life of faith.
Bizzy Mizz Lizzie is busier than any other bee in Hivetown.
In 2010, Apple founder Steve Jobs admitted that his children had never used an iPad:
In a time when even the smallest difference seems to cause tension and divide humans,
Told from the perspective of a young girl who describes herself as “the most beautifulest,
While Jessica visits a friend in Paris, they are caught in the 2015 terrorist attack on the Bataclan theater.
When a major event effectively puts an end to electricity in the world, society begins to collapse.
Christian independent artist John Tibbs pays homage to his Midwestern United States roots with the extended play Heartland.
As a child growing up in the CRC hotspot of Cutlerville, Mich., Sunday was the day of rules.
This challenging, informative children’s picture book is based on the true story of former child refugee Benjamin Nzobonankira.
Lu. is about the journey of a young woman after her life with her boyfriend and dreams of success begin to fall apart.
In the era of digital media, pop culture and its history is more cataloged than it has ever been.
Exit West is a love story set in a not-too-distant future that is recognizable as a projection of our present unsettling times.
Are you or is someone you love in pain from the loss of a pregnancy?
Glenys Nellist’s picture book is based on the structure and cadence of Dr. Clement C. Moore’s famous poem “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,”...
The original 1982 Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, is set in 2019, a time when Los Angeles is a dark, dreary, and rainy place.
Four years have passed since a young couple, Hector and Lilia, illegally crossed from Mexico into the United States.
How do you spend your day? Are you worried about “what ifs”? Do you compare yourself with others and always come up short?
Eleanor Davis is a comic artist who enjoys cycling. She challenged herself to ride a bike from her parents’ home in Tucson, Ariz., to her home in Georgia, a trip of 1,800 miles.
Novelist Kent Haruf passed away in November, 2014.
When 12-year-old Jessie and her family rent an old cottage for six weeks in a remote area, she finds a wooden platform—a dilapidated raft—floating on the nearby murky body of water ominously named Quicksand Pond.
Kristene DiMarco’s first record as part of Bethel Music, Where His Light Was, resounds with a hopeful message.