What do a missing musician, an organization called the Citizens of Virtue, a lone gardener in Washington state, and you have to do with Rob Bell and Don Golden's new book, Jesus Wants To Save Christians?

Rob Bell and Don Golden's new book, Jesus Wants to Save Christians (www.jesuswantstosavechristians.com), is a provocative, thoughtful book that dares us to look at our nation and ourselves in a new way. The NOOMA series of videos takes the traditional sermon to the next generation by utilizing multimedia to make deeply spiritual messages available in a way not experienced before.

By nature, books are one-way message systems. The authors write and then the audience reads what was written. All authors hope their message connects and will be shared with others, but the process is still basically one-way. Not so for Jesus Wants To Save Christians.

In addition to creating the book, an interactive experience for people who want to actually think about how we treat one another in this world also has been created. Alternate Reality Games have been used to get people involved in the world of a TV show, movie, or video game, but one has never been done before allowing players to involve themselves in a question of religion and empire.

The Citizens of Virtue (www.citizensofvirtue.com) is an organization that claims to do good - it has a new Virtual Virtues campaign that started last week - but what is its agenda really? And will the Citizens succeed...or will the mysterious Seven who question them succeed at their mission? It's up to anyone who wants to get involved to decide the outcome.

People who get involved in this online experience can choose for themselves how they will act, and if they will help. Throughout the experience, players need to solve puzzles, help each other, and make real choices. Players will even get a chance to do actual good in the real world over the course of the experience. And experience a lot of thought-provoking fun in the process.

Traditional advertising, traditional sermons, traditional books - they all get the word out, but people want a chance to get in the sandbox and try things out themselves, and this experience will let them.