The Christian Century

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New today from the Century:

• Bill McKibben on the tar sands protests: "When news came out that Obama would get to approve or block a pipeline linking Texas refineries to the tar sands of Alberta, it was clear that it was time for more than words."


• Mary Anderson blogs the lectionary: "Preachers and teachers are really missing those summer days when we got to preach on wonderful parables about mustard seeds and loaves of yeast bread. Now it's judgment-parable season, and many of us wish we were on vacation."


• I briefly review the Son Lux album We Are Rising: "Earlier this year, NPR's All Songs Considered solicited Ryan Lott, aka Son Lux, for an experiment: could he write and record an album in one month?"

In the news:

• Catholic bishops up the ante in fight with Obama
• New Calif. law prohibits circumcision bans
• Atheists say cancer volunteering thwarted
• As network turns 50, Robertson bows out of politics
• Christian leaders plot ecumenical future in Indonesia

Links from elsewhere:

• Occupy Wall Street FAQ
• Introducing the Global Digital Library on Theology and Ecumenism
• Save the altar girls
• Congrats to the first openly gay parent in Congress, Rep. Jared Polis
• A good suggestion for Mitt Romney
• How Yelp is killing chain restaurants
• What if Chris Christie were gay?
• Professional tea party cashes in
• A visual representation of nuclear explosions around the world