Welcome to The Light, your quiet hour of reflection.
The two thousand twenty six midterms brought what some are calling one of the most significant shifts of power in recent American memory, yet the institutions held. For Christians watching closely, there is something worth sitting with in that — a reminder that faithfulness is not measured by who wins, but by how we remain present, humble, and engaged regardless of outcome.
From the public square to something far more intimate — Billy Crystal recently shared with CBS Sunday Morning that he no longer speaks to God. He does not trust Him. After losing his home and a beloved friend, that silence feels less like rebellion and more like grief wearing the clothes of distance. There is a kind of honesty in telling God exactly that, and perhaps the telling itself is already a conversation.
And then there is the quieter question of what marriage was ever meant to be. A public figure's appeal to an ancient civil accommodation has reopened that old and tender debate. Scripture, read carefully, seems to point not toward what was permitted in hardened moments, but toward what was intended from the very beginning — covenant, wholeness, two becoming one.
That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
