Check out this post from Mark on his blog at Evotional.com on how he believes vulnerability can make your ministry and leadership more effective.

Early Wednesday morning a devastating fire destroyed a neighborhood and left many people homeless in Philadelphia. Included in the destruction was The Simple Way Community Center, where our friend and Catalyst speaker Shane Claiborne lives. Please visit the Simple Way's website for detailed information on the fire and how it affected Shane and other Simple Way members and the ministry of the Simple Way. Please keep this work in your prayers and thoughts. If you wish to help, please visit their website.

What do you have to say to the Church? Dearchurch.com welcomes anyone, regardless of faith, to write a letter to church attenders who will visit the site from places around the world. You can write about any part of your church experience, from thank-yous to suggestions for how the church could improve its presence in society. This is your chance to say things that you might not have always had the opportunity to discuss with church leaders. Share your thoughts and find out what others are saying. Be sure to check out other articles by Sarah Raymond Cunningham, author of Dear Church (Zondervan).

Check out this article on David Kirkpatrick, former President of Paramount Pictures and co-founder of the fairly new Good News Holdings Co. Kirkpatrick's mission is to produce "spiritainment" that will "please God". The focus is on values-based entertainment. Kirkpatrick said, "We are not Republicans, not Democrats. But people who want to make a difference in the culture."

Lionsgate, America's largest independent film studio, has signed a distribution agreement with Thomas Nelson to exclusively distribute their upcoming wave of faith-based films to the Christian market.