Welcome to The Light, where we pause together at the quiet edge of the day.
In Los Angeles, the race for mayor has taken an unexpected turn, as Spencer Pratt, once known to millions through reality television, steps forward as a candidate, weaving his Christian faith openly into his public appeal. Whether spectacle or sincerity, the city is listening.
From the screen to something weightier, Brendan Fraser speaks about inhabiting Dwight Eisenhower in the new film Pressure, drawn to the former president's capacity for selflessness and the kind of leadership that asks more of itself than of others. Some figures, it seems, grow larger the longer we look at them.
And from the ancient sands of the Sahara comes a discovery that asks us to hold our certainties loosely. A newly named dinosaur, the Hell Heron, rewrites what we thought we understood about how predators moved through a world that no longer exists. The past, it turns out, is never quite finished speaking.
That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
