Welcome to The Light, where we sit with the stories that shape our moment.
A new Department of Justice report, compiled under the Trump administration, concludes that during the Biden years, Christian organizations and individuals faced harsher treatment than their secular counterparts. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has described the pattern as a devastation of Christians, pointing to enforcement of the FACE Act as a particular concern.
From the legal to the personal, there is something quietly striking about Minnesota Timberwolves guard Ayo Dosunmu, who says his pregame routine begins not with film study or warm-ups, but with reading his Bible, then calling his grandparents, his father, his family. It is a reminder that even in the noise of competition, some people find stillness first.
And in the world of technology, the conversation around artificial intelligence is shifting. Where months ago analysts and journalists were drawing comparisons to the railroad bubble of the eighteen hundreds and the dot-com collapse, the picture has grown more complicated, more uncertain, and perhaps more honest about what we do not yet know.
That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
