A great post from our friends at Brewing Culture about a recent article on Forbes.com that highlights the number of Believers who are passionate about creating redemptive art and media, with quotes from Makoto Fujimura and Andy Crouch of the Christian Vision Project.

Check out this article from the LA Times on house churches. A recent survey finds that small gatherings in believers' homes are attended by 1 in 11 US adults.

Sociologists call this the era of hyper-individualism - and with good reason, according to the latest report from The Barna Group. Interviews with more than 4000 adults show that Americans generally see themselves as independent thinkers, loyal and reliable, and making a positive difference in the world. They support traditional family values but are open to considering new moral perspectives. And while their faith is very important in our lives, it may not be very influential in our decision-making. Check out the report here.

Inspirational author, global speaker and Catalyst alumnus, Kevin Carroll, will fire up football players from 48 countries participating in the Copenhagen 2007 Homeless World Cup, Denmark. The Homeless World Cup is an international football tournament, founded in 2003, that empowers homeless and excluded people from around the world - through play - to change their lives for the better.

From our friends at Brewing Culture - Dan Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, has a great piece in today's Wall Street Journal. Similar to what he shared in his commencement speech at Stanford, Gioia wrote: "The loss of recognition for artists, thinkers and scientists has impoverished our culture in innumerable ways, but let me mention one. When virtually all of a culture's celebrated figures are in sports or entertainment, how few possible role models we offer the young. There are so many other ways to lead a successful and meaningful life that are not denominated by money or fame. Adult life begins in a child's imagination, and we've relinquished that imagination to the marketplace."