Welcome to The Light, your quiet-hour reflection.
Russell Wilson walked away from football this June, fourteen seasons behind him, a Super Bowl ring on his hand, and a bench beneath him at the end. He traveled to Rio de Janeiro, stood at the foot of Christ the Redeemer, and offered four quiet words: Christ is more than enough. There is something worth sitting with in that — the way a man measures his life not by the stadium's roar, but by what remains when the roar stops.
From one kind of witness to another, twenty-two Christian women in Maharashtra, India, now face criminal charges for allegedly attempting to convert a young student — charges filed just days before a sweeping new anti-conversion law took effect in that state. The timing alone asks us to consider how law and belief press against each other, and who bears the weight when they do.
And pressing further still, reports from Iran describe at least thirty-three Christian ministers killed and dozens more imprisoned in recent months, as authorities intensify their response to underground church movements. Across the world, the act of gathering quietly in faith is, for some, an act of profound courage.
That's this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
