Welcome to The Light, your quiet hour of reflection.
Historians are asking a provocative question this week: did corporate psychopathy begin not in a modern boardroom, but centuries ago? A new study makes a careful, compelling case that one historical figure may have embodied all the hallmarks we now associate with manipulative, conscience-free institutional power.
From the ancient to the immediate, a man in Anchorage, Alaska, has pleaded guilty to robbing a bank while invoking the name of Jesus, then calling his pastor afterward. He now faces up to twenty years in prison. It is a story that sits at the uncomfortable intersection of faith, desperation, and the strange theater of human contradiction.
And yet faith, when rooted and clear-eyed, can be a source of genuine courage. A Christian educator named Kori Pennypacker is urging parents not to feel they must choose between public school and an openly lived faith. She believes children can carry their convictions into the world with what she calls God confidence, and that the law already protects more than most families realize.
Three stories, each asking in its own way what we do with belief, power, and conscience. That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
