Marcus Buckingham, Catalyst '06 speaker, is currently on a 21 city tour regarding his new book, and may be coming to a city near you. Check out the schedule for the book tour and information regarding his new book.

Check out this article regarding our friends at Passion, and their focus in 2007 and 2008 on expanding the Passion Movement around the world.

Several days ago on the Swerve Blog, Craig Groeschel asked three questions that we want to pose to you. 1. If you weren't on staff at your church, would you worship there? 2. If you didn't know ANYTHING about Jesus, what would you know about him after a normal weekend at your church? 3. If you had a loved one who didn't know Christ, and they had one week left to live, would you take them to your church or another? Check out the entire blog here.

Check out the newest edition of the Catalyst Podcast featuring Reggie Joiner and Steve Fee. You might recognize Reggie Joiner as emcee of the Catalyst Conference. He is also the founder of The reThink Group, an organization that encourages churches to reThink the way they minister to the next generation. We are also joined by worship leader Steve Fee for an exclusive interview and in-studio acoustic set. Click here to download this episode of The Catalyst Podcast. Click here to download two FREE mp3s from Steve Fee's latest album.

This is how I was introduced to Sufjan Stevens - a Christian friend told me about this "Christian artist who is actually good." The madness of this claim motivated me to buy the album. While "CCM" artists only know how to speak about Jesus in their songs, Sufjan is good at addressing the Jesus in other people or other situations. This is what makes him ten times more relevant than Jars Of Clay ever was, even though he might be ten times less gutsier. While contemporary Christian musicians try to inject as much of Jesus into mainstream culture as they can, religious hipster musicians spend time pointing out that he already was and is. Sufjan may not be talented at rocking our socks off but he can find the Gospel in the pettiest of stories and situations. He can point it out in the most mundane of characters or in the most evil of serial killers. Read the complete article here.