Welcome to The Light, where we pause to consider what the day is asking of us.
The Gospel Coalition has quietly renamed its gathering, moving from the language of national conference to church conference. Nearly two thousand people are already registered for TGC twenty seven in Indianapolis this April. The shift is small in syllables but deliberate in spirit, a refocusing toward the local, the embodied, the gathered.
From the broad to the intimate, we find professor Alex Fogleman reflecting on the books that have shaped him. His work on catechesis, on the slow formation of souls through teaching and practice, invites us to ask what we are actually passing on, and whether the shelves beside our beds tell the truth about what we love.
And then there is The Social Reckoning, a film that opens with a viral moment of ugliness and asks what we do with the footage we make of one another. The review suggests the film raises the right questions but does not fully sit with them, which may itself be the most honest thing a film about social media can do.
That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
