Welcome to The Light, your quiet hour of reflection.
A member of Congress who holds deep Christian convictions has spoken publicly about what he describes as clandestine networks of good actors quietly investigating UFO phenomena. His words arrive at a curious moment, when questions of the unseen and the unexplained seem to press more urgently against the edges of official life.
From the mysteries we reach toward, to the mysteries that live within us — a new study suggests that speaking more than one language may genuinely slow the aging of the brain. Multilingual people, researchers found, appear to carry younger minds. There is something quietly beautiful in that, the idea that holding more than one way of naming the world keeps the world itself more alive inside us.
And in the quieter register of personal life, Frankie Muniz — the actor many of us watched grow up on screen, now a racing driver and a man of open faith — has announced that he and his wife Paige are parting ways after six years of marriage. Divorce is rarely simple, and rarely only one story. We hold space for both of them tonight.
That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
