Welcome to The Light, your quiet-hour reflection.
A moment of quiet tension unfolded in the Christian music world this week, as worship artist Cory Asbury posted, then deleted, a shirtless photo from his summer tour. His apology video followed, and with it, a fresh wave of debate about what modesty and grace actually ask of public figures in faith communities.
From that conversation about expectations, we turn to something more tender. Anna Faris shared on Chelsea Handler's podcast that her fourteen-year-old son Jack, whom she shares with Chris Pratt, has been gently asking her to accept Jesus Christ. She was honest that she is not yet in that place, and there is something quietly moving about a child carrying a faith his mother has not yet found her way into.
And then there is a story that asks harder questions of us. A Texas appeals court has dismissed survivor Cindy Clemishire's defamation lawsuit against Gateway Church, ruling that proceeding would violate the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine. The law stepped back, and a woman who sought accountability was left without a courtroom in which to be heard.
That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.
