Welcome to The Light, your quiet hour for reflection.
A question older than most of us realize has surfaced again in thoughtful Christian circles: does Scripture truly endorse marriage as one man and one woman? Crosswalk offers a grounded, unhurried answer, tracing the biblical thread from Genesis forward, finding in it not restriction, but something closer to shelter.
From that ancient design, we move to something wonderfully ordinary. Pastor Luke Peterson arrived in Columbus, Ohio, in the summer of two thousand twenty one with a simple instinct: find people where they are. He joined a gym. He made friends. He invited them over. The Gospel Coalition explores what his story reveals about churches that reach people not through programs, but through presence.
And then there is six-year-old Tiana, hands clasped, eyes scanning the door during a Father's Day concert, praying quietly for someone to walk in. Our Daily Bread holds her small, earnest faith up to the light like a window, reminding us that sometimes the most eloquent theology fits inside a child's folded hands.
That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
