Guest Post

New today from the Century: Valerie Weaver-Zercher reviews Amy Andrews and Jessica Mesman Griffith,  David Heim on Foyle's War, more.

I’ve seen a bumper sticker that says, “What would Atticus do?”—a tribute to Atticus Finch, the saintly lawyer in To Kill a Mockingbird. Having finished watching (via Netflix) six seasons of the BBC TV series Foyle’s War, I’m ready to slap on a  “What would Christopher Foyle do?” sticker.

New today from the Century: Sam Wells on the people who sleep outside his church, Dennis O'Brien reviews A. C. Grayling, more.

New today from the Century: MaryAnn McKibben Dana on the tornado in Oklahoma, Beth Felker Jones on the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, more.

New research from Carnegie Mellon University confirms what we already knew: Yes, distraction does make us stupider. The little red flag at the bottom of my computer screen is not a harmless little reminder that I am not alone in the world. It is a constant invitation not to finish a thought.

New today from the Century: Will Willimon on interfaith marriage, Carol Howard Merritt on getting outside the church's doors, more.

New today from the Century: Jen Bradbury on youth ministry and sticky faith, Jeffrey Johnson reviews Kent Haruf, more.

New today from the Century: Disability and gifts, Pentecost as protest, more.

New today from the Century: Sara Maitland and Debra Bendis on the discipline of silence, Mark Edwards on the WCC and "responsible freedom," more.

New today from the Century: Paul Jeffry on Sudan, John Kiess on Tsarnaev's burial, more.

New today from the Century: The editors on the sequester cuts, Jason Byassee reviews Christopher Heuertz, more.

New today from the Century: John Buchanan on sharing space with a Jewish congregation, MaryAnn McKibben Dana on 42, more.

New today from the Century: David Hollinger reviews Elesha Coffman, Barbara Rossing blogs the lectionary, more.

New today from the Century: Philip Jenkins on The Gospel of Us, Steven Young reviews Anne Norton, more.

Parker Palmer writes of the divided life: having sensed that what’s within us is somehow unacceptable, we live contrary to it. In so doing we snuff our own inner light and suffocate our soul. American life seems divided about Mother’s Day.

New today from the Century: Religion at the State Department, burying Tamerian Tsarnaev, more.

New today from the Century: Mordechai Beck on Israeli politics, Trudy Bush on Barbara Kingsolver, more.

New today from the Century: Carol Zaleski on the papal transition, Steve Thorngate on the Mermaid Avenue box set, more.

New today from the Century: Walter Brueggemann reviews Peter Brown, Gail Irwin on whether or not to sell a church building, more.