James Martin over at America Magazine‘s In All Things blog is a bit miffed about the lack of clergy at the upcoming 9/11 Ceremony in New York City, and he’s not afraid to say it:

“To me, the omission seems both unnecessary (would that many people object to their presence at a memorial service?) and baffling (the official explanations still seem somewhat confused). More importantly, excluding clergy from the official public memory of the day is almost willfully ahistorical. The clergy were a significant part of the events surrounding the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, particularly in New York. To begin with, they were among the first groups to respond to the disaster at Ground Zero, with priests, ministers and rabbis on the ground from the earliest days.”

The Huffington Post Religion has a video up about the St. Paul’s Chapel – a church near ground zero on September 11th – interviewing folks about their folks 10 years after the fact. They also have a post by Engy Abdelkader recounting five myths she thinks Americans still hold about Muslims, even 10 Years After 9/11.

Christian hipster magazine (yeah, I said it) Relevant Magazine has a piece on how not to be a jerk on the web – from a Christian perspective. (for those of you not hipster enough to even know what a Christian hipster is, here’s a crash course):

“When RELEVANT asked me to write this article, I originally wanted to title it, “How to Be a Jerk on the Internet.” I felt like that article would be easier for me to write because I’ve got much more experience at being a jerk than I have at not being one-ask people who went to college with me. They’ll tell you. I was a jerk online before online even existed. (That last sentence was like Inception; I was a jerk within a jerk within a jerk.)

But in the last three years of writing the blog StuffChristiansLike.net, I’ve learned how not to be a jerk online. It hasn’t been easy. I’ve made a lot of mistakes, but along the way I’ve picked up some tips that I think might just help us all.”

Rachel Stone at the “Her·meneutics” blog asks whether evangelical women are primarily interested in parenthood, or something else:

“I, for one, grew up the homeschooled daughter of a conservative Baptist minister, and I am now an evangelical Christian homeschooling stay at home mom who sews quilts, bakes bread, knits sweaters, and cooks from scratch pretty much every night.

(I wonder if you’re picturing me in a floor-length denim dress, no makeup, and a bun? Try nerd-girl glasses, a pierced nose, ripped denim capris and a Dorothy Day t-shirt.)”

Finally, our Tweet of the Day comes from megapastor Rob Bell, who offers some information that has nothing to do with religion…I think.

@realrobbell – The brain of the legendary colossal squid is shaped like a donut. 1/4