Welcome to The Light, your quiet-hour reflection.
In the world of faith and image-making, Dallas Jenkins, creator of The Chosen, has pushed back against viewers troubled by his depiction of racially diverse angels in the Garden of Gethsemane. Jenkins named their resistance something sharp — idolatry, the clinging to a particular face for the divine. It is an old tension, between the image we inherit and the truth that may exceed it.
From the sacred to the scientific, neuroscientists studying aggression have been observing what happens inside the brains of mice during induced conflict. What they found was not chaos but pattern — measurable shifts in neural activity that suggest the experience of dominance and defeat leaves a traceable mark. The inner life, even in small creatures, is more legible than we once imagined.
Closer to the intersection of church and civic life, Pastor Marvin Winans of Perfecting Church in Detroit has clarified that his congregation did not endorse Senate candidate Mike Rogers, after Representative Haley Stevens appeared outside following Sunday service and made remarks in Rogers' favor. Winans was clear — the church offered no such blessing, and the line between sanctuary and political stage deserves to be honored.
That's this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
