Welcome to The Light, your quiet-hour reflection.
Nicki Minaj, long known for her commanding presence in music, has been stepping more openly into a different kind of declaration lately. Named as a judge in the Small Business Administration's Million Dollar Pitch Competition, she has also been sharing Scripture publicly and expressing a deeply personal longing, in her words, to see her Jesus someday. It is a reminder that transformation rarely announces itself neatly.
From a place of far quieter sorrow, Patrick Clancy, the father who discovered his three children's bodies in two thousand twenty three, has spoken through an attorney about the prospect of a new trial in the case of his ex-wife Lindsay. He calls it extraordinarily painful. Some wounds, we are reminded, do not wait for the law to finish its work before they ask something more of us.
And in Florida, Catholic Charities has issued a warning to supporters about scammers impersonating the organization. It is a sober note, that even spaces built around generosity and trust can become targets. Discernment, it seems, is not the opposite of compassion. It is what keeps compassion alive.
That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
