Welcome to The Light, your quiet hour of reflection.
Fifteen years ago, Aaron Sorkin helped us understand how Facebook was born. Now he returns with The Social Reckoning, starring Jeremy Strong, to reckon with what that creation wrought — the scandals, the consequences, the human cost of a platform that reshaped the world.
From the architecture of power to the architecture of justice — a quieter story asks us to reconsider how we respond when young people make devastating choices. In Elkhart, Indiana, a group of teenagers set out to burglarize a home and ended up entangled in a legal system that, many argue, still punishes youth with the full weight meant for adults, offering little room for growth or redemption.
And within the Southern Baptist Convention, Alabama Pastor Craig Carlisle has been elected first vice president in a runoff vote, a moment that reflects the ongoing conversation within one of America's largest Protestant denominations about who leads, and toward what vision of faith and community.
Three stories, each asking in its own way — who holds power, who bears consequence, and what do we owe one another across the distance of our differences. That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
