Marcus Buckingham, author of The One Thing, and the recent Go, Put Your Strengths to Work says that "some speculate, but others grow." This summer, he is challenging leaders to identify and growing their Strengths through six, weekly 30 minute live teleconferences. In each conversation Marcus will introduce a central idea of each of the six steps in Go Put Your Strengths To Work followed by a question and answer period. Registration is FREE, check out http://www.marcusbuckingham.com/grow/ for more information.

Check out this recent video interview of Pastor Dino Rizzo by Bobby Gruenewald, as Dino shares his thoughts on ministry, his church, and their focus on compassion and the poor.

Perry Noble, senior pastor at NewSpring Church writes on the five healthy questions pastors need to ask themselves on a consistent basis. Check out the list here.

When fashion meets interactive media and supports a social cause, it truly is a beautiful thing. Reactee is a company that lets users create t-shirts with personalized messages and include a unique SMS code for anyone who sees the shirt to send a text to the number and receive a custom text message response. In addition to mobilizing street teams for bands and DJs, the shirts have caught on with social justice organizations looking to rally their members. Thanks to our friends at Brewing Culture for the link.

Check out the most recent edition of the Barna Update. It reads, "Atheists and agnostics are adopting a more aggressive, intentional effort to discredit the notion that God exists and to critique people of faith. Our latest study examines the numbers, lifestyles and self-perceptions of America's atheists and agnostics, comparing them to the group of individuals who actively participate in the Christian faith." To read more about the nation's population of atheists and agnostics, click here.