SHINE A LIGHT TODAY. AKA: SALT
The Christian & Faith-Based go-to media review series that spotlights faith-driven books, films, and podcasts worth your time.
Tears of a Dragon (Dragons in Our Midst #4)
Tears of a Dragon is the fourth and final book of Bryan Davis’ Dragons in Our Midst series. In it, Billy Bannister and company must face off against the evil Watchers, armed only with prophecy, Excalibur, and a few dragon allies. This is a story of bravery, including with great care stories of honor, love, and, most importantly, salvation.
The Fiery Priest
The Fiery Priest is a South Korean action-comedy about a former special operations soldier-turned-Catholic-priest as he and his ragtag team of scrappy believers and lost souls take down the web of corruption plaguing their neighborhood.
The Ultimate Gift
The Ultimate Gift is a 2006 movie starring Drew Fuller based on the novel by Jim Stovall. In this story, a spoiled grandson must navigate a series of odd tasks in order to receive his inheritance from his grandfather.
Circles of Seven (Dragons in Our Midst #3)
Dragons in Our Midst: Circles of Seven is the third book of Bryan Davis’ Christian epic fantasy series. Featuring all the beloved (and less beloved) characters from the first two books, plus some new allies and foes, the adventure descends into an even deeper level of myth and symbolism as the heroes navigate the seven circles of the underworld.
The Restorer
The Restorer: The Power of Deception by Ted Jordan is a supernatural political spy thriller as the intelligence agency VECTOR 5 races against a terrorist organization known as The Apparatus, which is seeking to codify Sharia law into the U.S. judicial system.
The Candlestone (Dragons in Our Midst #2)
The Candlestone is the second book of Bryan Davis’ Dragons in Our Midst series. Picking up shortly after the events of the previous book (Raising Dragons), this series takes the main characters on a whirlwind journey to Montana to rescue Bonnie Silver and fulfill the prophecies that have been laid out before them in Merlin’s ancient journal.
Arcane (Season 2)
Arcane (Season 2) is the final season of Riot Games’ animated epic, based off of their international hit video game League of Legends. In it, conflict is brewing between the upper city of Piltover and the disarrayed Zaun as various factions and individuals struggle for power and control of the Arcane.
Raising Dragons (Dragons in Our Midst #1)
Raising Dragons is the first of Bryan Davis’s Dragons in Our Midst series. This modern Arthurian tale of good and evil, dragons and knights, and the collision of the mundane and the fantastical is a riveting and action-packed book with a heart of gold.
Invisible Tales (Series)
Davy Liu’s Invisible Tails or IT Series is a collection of stories from the perspective of an animal or set of animals that may have witnessed a significant event in Biblical history (i.e. animals heading to the Ark before the flood, fish in the Red Sea when Moses divided it, the colt that Jesus rode on during Palm Sunday). This mixed bag of art, story, symbolism, and historical fact is in many ways charming and delightful, even as it has a few confusing elements.
Arcane (Season 1)
Arcane is an animated story based off of the famous (or infamous) League of Legends videogame. The first season of this series is full of breathtaking animation, tight, expert writing, and entirely real and believable characters. Given the material it is based off of, however, is it worth the Christian viewer’s time?
Take That, Hurricane!
Take That, Hurricane! is a kids’ illustrated book by Rebekah Hair featuring Super Tess and her Sidekick Nick as they work to clean up their town after a devastating hurricane.
Jake Muller Adventures: Unidentified
Unidentified is an action-packed supernatural thriller audio drama by Darby Kern in the Jake Muller Adventures series. Security consultant and bodyguard Jake Muller find himself in the midst of a global conspiracy involving UFOs, misplaced teenagers, and cruel demonic forces.
Atypical Family
Atypical Family is a South Korean drama about a down-on-their-luck superpowered family on the brink of destitution. Barely hanging onto their abilities, the family must struggle to survive the past, present, and future, as well as the marriage scammer that has set her sights on their dwindling fortune.
Goodbye Earth
Goodbye Earth is a South Korean drama based off of a Japanese novel with the same name by Kotaro Isaka. The main premise is observing the lives and decisions of people living 200 days before an asteroid strikes their hometown. With no way to escape or evacuate, the people turn to a variety of different methods to cope with the situation.
Hymns for the Church
Hymns for the Church is a new EP by musician Luke Hill designed to take the beauty of old hymns and put them to a more approachable sound, suited for modern churches.
Buzzle Billy
Buzzle Billy is a picture book written by Michael P. Waite and illustrated by Jill Colbert Trousdale. In it, kids are introduced to a message about sharing in the delightful world of the Buzzles.
King of Justice (Volume 1)
King of Justice is a Christian manga by Andrew Rowland. In this first issue, the homeless Jaden Theologia is given incredible power become Elohim’s champion against evil. After an arduous journey to gain these new powers, will he be able to vanquish the first villain he encounters?
That Hideous Strength
The final entry into C.S. Lewis’ The Space Trilogy is an author-described “fairytale for adults”. That Hideous Strength is part Arthurian legend, part dystopic nightmare, part study on the intricacies or both human nature and spiritual warfare, pulling no punches on any of these topics.
Perelandra
The sequel to C.S. Lewis’ Out of the Silent Planet and second installment of his space trilogy, Perelandra, is a blunt, breathtaking, and intricately crafted allegory on the temptation of sin and retelling of the Biblical story of Eden.
Out of the Silent Planet
Out of the Silent Planet is the first installment of C.S. Lewis’ space epic The Ransom Trilogy. In this 1938 novel, a philologist named Elwin Ransom is kidnapped by two scientists, Devine and Weston, and taken to the planet of Malacandra to be handed over to the natives. Through a twisting and turning adventure across this alien world, Ransom confronts new species of sentients, strange ethereal beings, and perils of all kinds, including hunger and cold. Through this, Ransom discovers the cosmos is not what he thought it would be and that it is, in fact, teeming with life and sentient creatures beyond his imagination.