Welcome to The Light, your quiet hour of reflection.
At a gathering in London this week, former Virginia delegate Nick Freitas offered a searching challenge to Christians, suggesting that young men will not rise to defend Western civilization unless they first recover its deeper spiritual roots. It is a call not merely to culture, but to conviction.
That same spirit of steadfast faith finds vivid expression in a new biblical film now drawing attention. The trailer for Daniel and the Fiery Furnace offers an early glimpse of one of Scripture's most enduring stories, a young man standing firm before the full weight of an empire, choosing conscience over comfort, and trusting something beyond what he could see.
And yet, faith tested in ancient Babylon speaks quietly to questions very much alive today. As refugee admissions remain suspended for nearly all nationalities and asylum access at the southern border has been sharply curtailed, Christians across the country are asking what their tradition demands of them in this moment, and how mercy and policy can possibly find common ground.
These are not easy questions, and perhaps they were never meant to be. That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
