Wednesday digest

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New today (and yesterday) from the Century:

• Stephanie Paulsell on emergency prayer: "When a man with an AK-47 entered her school, Antoinette Tuff prayed—and convinced the man to lay his weapon down." (subscription required)

• Nicole Kirk on God's long summer of national commemorations

• Jason Byassee on Animate: "The teachers in this video series are excellent. But I'm not sure that the cumulative impact is excellent." (subscription required)

• Why Carol Howard Merritt refuses to use the word "mainline" any longer

• David Williams on being the shabbos goy on Yom Kippur

• Steve Thorngate on college rankings

• John Stendahl's lectionary column for Sunday, September 29 (subscription required)

• Lou Carlozo on Mumford & Sons (subscription required)

• A brief review of N. T. Wright

• "Gone to grace," a poem by Sydney Lea

In the news:

• As denominations decline, numbers of unpaid ministers rise
• For Navy yard shooter, Buddhism was a temporary refuge