Singing prayers and adding pounds? Sarah Morice-Brubaker at Religion Dispatches looks at some studies that suggest an association between worship attendance and obesity.

An Amish son cut off his father’s beard, the latest development in the ongoing Amish beard-cutting saga in Ohio.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is meeting today. Want to see it? Commonweal Magazine is carrying the live feed for free.

The Jewish Daily Forward is talking about the Jewish vote in 2012.

The Washington Post reports that Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s Mormonism is still rubbing Millenials the wrong way.

The Washington National Cathedral – which was damaged in the August 23 earthquake in Virginia – reopened this past weekend.

Finally, today’s Tweet of the Day comes from Tricycle Magazine. This one is for all you Bruins fans out there:

@tricyclemag – A subscriber in Boston points out the Buddhist-Bruins connection http://j.mp/sru5bR