Crossmap's Top Ten Entertainment Features for 2024

Editor's Picks

• Revive Our Hearts

  

  What Martha’s Problem Really Was

  Whether we’re folding clothes, stirring soup, responding to email, or sitting in the waiting room, we must wrestle our “distracted” thoughts to the ground.

  8 min read
• Lynda Schultz

  

  Sausage, Pears, and Apples

  There was a time, long, long ago, when my brother and I would eagerly await the arrival of Fall and every train that rolled into our northern Ontario hometown. We knew that on one of those trains there would be wonderful gifts with our names on them. No socks, shirts or pajamas—at least not on the train. Fall meant that a box of apples and another one of pears from the farm of one of our uncles would surely be arriving any day. Fresh fruit was hard to get and expensive up north back then. And y

  4 min read
• Chris Carpenter

  

  'The Chosen Adventures' Animated Series to Reach a New Generation with the Gospel

  With nearly 800 million episodes streamed, how ca'n The Chosen streaming video series possibly climb to new heights? After all, the program was recently honored by the Guinness Book of World Records for being the most translated show in history. Well, as the much-heralded show directed by Dallas Jenkins makes...

  8 min readThe ChosenThe Chosen AdventuresLife of JesusAnimated SeriesRyan Swanson
• Shay S. Mason

  

  You Aren't What You Do — The Spacious Place

  How do you introduce yourself to people you’ve never met? What details are most importnant? I think about this every time I write a bio for an article or speak in front of a new group. Do you start with a description of your occupation? I’m an elementary school teacher. I’m a pediatrician . I’

  4 min read