Welcome to The Light, your quiet hour for reflection.
In Kansas, United Methodist pastor Adam Hamilton has stepped into the political arena, releasing a Senate campaign ad that positions itself against what he calls both extremes, rejecting socialism and open borders alike. It raises an old and tender question about whether the center is a place of wisdom or simply a more comfortable kind of avoidance.
From that human theater of performance and belief, we turn to something stranger and more ancient. A spider-tailed viper in the Iranian highlands has evolved a tail that mimics a living spider, luring birds close enough to strike. Nature, it seems, has always understood that the most effective deception wears the shape of desire.
And closer to home for one institution of faith, Allen University now faces a lawsuit from a former board member alleging that financial misappropriation was not merely committed but deliberately left uninvestigated. When silence becomes policy, the question shifts from who acted wrongly to who chose not to look.
Three stories, each asking in its own way what we are willing to see clearly, and what we prefer to leave in shadow. That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
