Welcome to The Light, your quiet hour of reflection.
In Baghdad this week, a new Coptic Orthodox cathedral opened its doors, and with it came an official call for Iraq's Christians to come home. After years of displacement under ISIS, this moment carries the weight of something fragile and necessary — a community being invited back into its own story.
Closer to the intersection of faith and public trust, Christian apologist Wes Huff has stepped forward to address plagiarism allegations, taking down his website and removing videos while his affiliated ministry conducts a formal review. He offered four words worth sitting with — honesty and integrity matter — and perhaps the courage to say them publicly is itself a beginning.
And in the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces arrested at least ten Palestinians during weekend raids, as restrictions on movement continue to tighten. These are lives caught between policy and survival, between history and the daily weight of uncertainty — a reminder that peace is not an absence, but something that must be actively, painstakingly built.
That's this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
