Welcome to The Light, your quiet hour of reflection.
There is something worth sitting with in the nature of political memory. Alex Vindman, the retired Army lieutenant colonel who testified at Donald Trump's first impeachment, lost a Democratic Senate primary in Florida this week, and the former president marked that moment with characteristic sharpness on Truth Social. What we call resistance, it seems, has a complicated shelf life.
From the realm of consequence and careless speech, a troubling question has surfaced around President Trump, who reportedly revealed sensitive figures about Iran's nuclear capabilities in a public setting, then acknowledged that even a relatively small number of such weapons carries enormous weight. Words spoken in power rarely disappear quietly into the air.
And in matters of institutional faith and fracture, former Southern Baptist Convention president Johnny Hunt has renewed his legal battle against the denomination, just days after a court rejected the last of his previous claims. The relationship between a religious body and one of its fallen leaders remains, as ever, unresolved and searching for ground.
These are the moments that ask us to think slowly. That's this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
