Mother, Creature, Kin By Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder (Broadleaf Books, 2025) “How’s Mom doing?” When I was pregnant, every nurse or doctor seemed to ask this...
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A Prince of a Boy: How One Gay Catholic Helped Change the World By Brian McNaught (Cascade Books, 2025) When Brian McNaught publicly affirmed that he is gay...
Philip Kolin’s new poetry collection, Evangeliaries (Angelico Press) is a tribute to the power of scripture and the Christian tradition to awaken the...
Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles Alan Sparhawk & Trampled by Turtles (Sub Pop, 2025) On November 5, 2022, Mimi Parker died. Singer, songwriter, and...
If God Were a Great Big Bear By Paul Harbridge, Illustrated by Marta Dorado (Beaming Books, 2025) “God is in me? And you? And the kitten?” My 3-year-old found...
Andor Created by Tony Gilroy (Lucasfilm, 2022–present) Critically acclaimed “Star-Wars-for-adults” hit Andor concluded its spectacular two-season run with a...
Fumed Public Health Watch (NPR, 2025) The first season of Fumed, a podcast by Public Health Watch, details not just what’s polluting the air (and water and...
For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) Japanese Breakfast (Dead Oceans, 2025) Japanese Breakfast rocketed into our music world in 2013...
Mastering Our Emotions By Kevin Chapman (InterVarsity Press, 2025) According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than 1 in 5 adults in the United...
The King of Kings Directed by Seong-ho Jang (Angel Studios, 2025) The King of Kings, a new animated film directed by Seong-ho Jang, doesn’t start out like your...