Welcome to The Light, where we slow down long enough to think.
There are moments in life when the ground shifts beneath you without your permission, and divorce is often one of them. Wendy Alsup and Vaneetha Rendall Risner speak honestly about navigating unwanted divorce as people of faith, naming what helped, what hurt, and why returning to church — even when it is painful — remains vital to healing.
From personal rupture, we turn to intellectual rupture. Christopher Beha, former editor of Harper's Magazine, traces a remarkable journey through the many varieties of unbelief, asking what genuine skepticism truly demands. His answer is quietly arresting: that a rigorous, honest doubt, followed faithfully to its end, may arrive not at emptiness but at a hard-earned, cautious faith in God, love, and meaning.
And science itself enters that conversation. For years, "follow the science" has functioned as a kind of secular creed, but thoughtful voices are now asking what happens when we follow it without flinching, without selecting only the conclusions we prefer. The trail, some are finding, does not always lead where the yard signs promised.
That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
