Andy Butcher

By Bill Thrall, Bruce McNicol and John Lynch | Windblown Media | softcover | 256 pages | $13.99

Fans of The Shack will welcome the first follow-up novel from the publishers of William P. Young's best-seller, which plows similar territory of the heart.

Like The Shack, Bo's Café is a message about the unplumbed depths of God's grace, similarly relayed through a series of extended conversations between the central character and others. But this time the truths are revealed not in an abandoned hut, but at an open-air diner by the sea.

By Mark Schultz | Word Records

Platinum-selling, Dove Award-winning Mark Schultz releases his long-awaited Come Alive. His first new studio album in nearly three years is perhaps his most personal to date, with songs of hope, loss, joy and redemption.

Many of the songs were inspired when Schultz rode his bicycle from coast to coast to raise more than $250,000 to benefit the James Fund, which provides assistance for widows and orphans. "He Is," the first radio single from the recording, was inspired by stories of families battling cancer.

Recording artist Britt Nicole returns with her sophomore effort, The Lost Get Found (Sparrow Records). “It’s about stepping out, being who God has called you to be and not being afraid,” Nicole says of the message of her new album. "I believe when we look different, when we carry something different, people are going to see that, and they are going to want it too."

Among the highlights of the album are the upbeat “How We Roll” and “Headphones”—written to a young girl dealing with the pressures of fitting in.

Big Idea

Big Idea again pays homage to Indiana Jones in Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella. Inspired by the biblical story of Noah's ark, the DVD is the sequel to VeggieTales: Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush, which released in 2005 and followed the adventures of the museum curator and part-time detective played by Larry the Cucumber.

Uplifting Entertainment | Starring Greg Robbins, Christine DeMarco, Peter Kent | Rated PG

Christian sitcom Pastor Greg creator and star Greg Robbins trades holy humor for a weightier message with C Me Dance, which released earlier this month.

Shot in and around Pittsburgh, home to Robbin's Uplifting Entertainment production company, the 88-minute drama about a young dancer whose career dreams are shattered by a diagnosis of cancer, aims to alert Christians and nonbelievers to the reality of spiritual warfare.

"We're trying to show that we have to deal with spiritual warfare; if you turn your back, it is still going to be there, so it's best to face it," said Robbins, who was awakened to its reality by a personal experience several years ago.

Although the right-to-life battle over bedridden Terri Schindler Schiavo dominated the international news headlines for weeks in 2005, most people still do not know the true, full story—or its far-reaching social implications.

That is the opinion of award-winning veteran producer and director Ken Carpenter, who revisited the case for a two-part TV documentary broadcast last year and released in revised format this month as The Terri Schiavo Story.

Sony Pictures
Rated PG

The dramatization of an unlikely South African evangelist's remarkable ministry, which became a hit general release movie in his homeland, released on DVD April 7.

Faith Like Potatoes tells the story of farmer Angus Buchan—described by South African media as "a folksy version of Billy Graham"—who overcame major losses to see a physical and spiritual harvest, spreading a message of racial reconciliation and hope in Christ. (Read more about Angus Buchan.)

The 113-minute drama is based on the similarly titled book published by Monarch Books. Released in theaters in South Africa in 2006, the film became one of the top five grossing domestic movies of all time there and won several film festival awards.