Welcome to The Light, your quiet hour of reflection.
This fall, Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina opens the doors of Elevation College, offering ministry-focused degrees to students who will pay up to twenty thousand dollars annually for limited spots on its megachurch campus — a new chapter in faith-rooted higher education.
Across the world, a very different chapter unfolds. In India's Punjab state, a Christian pastor remains unable to return home, his church shuttered, caught in what advocates describe as the misuse of a law against outraging religious feelings — a reminder of how sacred space can become contested ground.
Closer to home, an Eastern Orthodox priest speaking with Tucker Carlson raised a quiet alarm, saying his years of ministry have led him to believe pornography has reshaped the identities of young people, affecting, in his words, all men and most women — a pastoral concern meeting a cultural moment.
That's this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
