Lately, the most common problem we have with soliciting is people advertising other lists here. If you've got a list with a related topic, ask me first. Otherwise don't send list invitations here. A brief note about your list in your .sig on an on-topic note would be all right, of course. Off topic posts People get confused about the topic of the list a lot.
Articles referencing the show are on topic.
Prayer requests are NOT on topic. Keeping your posts appropriate and on topic is one part of that 'consideration for the list as a whole' I was talking about up at the top. Since the list is set so that your replies to the messages here automatically will be addressed to the sender with most mail systems, it shouldn't be difficult to just send them to the sender. On very rare occasions, when we have low list traffic volumes, I may relax some of the topic rules a bit for a set period of time, but this is very rare and I will warn you first. They can be very annoying when you've been on the 'net for awhile, so it is courteous to avoid them.