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Which leads us to Frank Miller's version of Will Eisner's The Spirit. The Spirit wasn't the first comic, but it's the first one in the way that we know comics today. Will Eisner pretty much invented the way that today's comics are structured, everything from story layout to panel structure. Even his artwork was revolutionary. And so when it was announced that Frank Miller would be at the helm of a movie version of Eisner's landmark work, fanboys everywhere couldn't help but giggle with glee.

Looking back at 2008 there was a lot of great content and resources that came our way we were able to share with you this year.  Some of them came from our Mentors, some from Group Magazine, and a lot came from YOU our readers.  We thank you for sharing your wisdom, resources, learnings, and freebies that have helped you in ministry.  Here's what you were reading, downloading and using this past year...

Good vs. evil. The theme is as old as time. And with good reason, since the epic battle between good and evil has been part of the human story since the very beginning. So it's no surprise that the theme has staying power and box office appeal in every film genre across the spectrum. Whether its drama, action, comedy, sci-fi or animation, modern day moviemakers find good vs. evil a perpetually intriguing and lucrative movie theme.

So what's the object of your New Year?  For many, it's simply a new start on old habits, and for others the whole resolution thing goes in one year and out the other.

As the eccentric character of Benjamin Button gets younger with each passing year, everyone around him gets older. When you're aging in the opposite direction of everyone else, it creates some very strange relational dynamics. But these unusual dynamics force Benjamin to explore on a deeper level what joy and loss and life and death are really all about.