Welcome to The Light, your quiet hour of reflection.
We begin with a question that might seem small but reaches into something deep. In churches across the country, the modesty conversation has shifted. No one is showing too much skin. But designer sneakers and luxury handbags fill the front rows, and the unspoken message is clear: you know exactly what was paid for what is worn. The old rules addressed desire. These new ones address pride. And perhaps pride was always the harder thing to dress.
From the sanctuary to the screen, technology has quietly become one of the most powerful tools of human exploitation. A woman researches a job listing, calls the number, confirms it is real, and boards a plane toward what she believes is honest work abroad. Her passport is taken at the door. Her phone, gone. She is told she owes a debt for her own travel. Millions are ensnared this way, and most of us scroll past it.
And then there is Veronica Burton, who begins each morning before the film sessions and the shootarounds, finding a coffee shop, a vanilla latte, her devotional, and some quiet. In a season of breakout performances, she has chosen stillness as her foundation. There is something worth sitting with in that.
That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
