Welcome to The Light, your quiet-hour reflection.
In Muncie, Indiana, a church that has spent more than a decade feeding its neighbors has now opened its doors to clothe them as well. They call themselves doers of the Word, not merely hearers, and in that small, deliberate act of offering a coat or a pair of shoes, something ancient and alive moves through the ordinary.
From that quiet generosity, we turn to a harder truth. David Ritchie, lead pastor of Redeemer Christian Church in Amarillo, Texas, has been fired following his arrest in a prostitution sting this past weekend. He was also a religion instructor. The weight of that word, redeemer, hangs in the air now, not as irony, but as a question every institution of faith must sit with honestly.
And then there is this. Christian rapper Lecrae has spoken publicly about a vivid vision he experienced of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk's assassination, describing what he believed to be demons laughing in its wake. Whatever one makes of the vision itself, Lecrae's impulse was to condemn the violence, to name darkness rather than celebrate it. That instinct, to grieve what others might cheer, is its own kind of moral clarity.
That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
