Welcome to The Light, your quiet hour of reflection.
There is a kind of loneliness that hides in plain sight. A recent essay reminds us that many men today are surrounded by contacts yet starved of true companionship — no one to call at two in the morning, no one to simply show up. The question being asked now is whether communities of faith might be uniquely positioned to rebuild what modernity has quietly dismantled.
From the intimate to the vast — a Kansas megachurch pastor named Adam Hamilton has announced he will seek a United States Senate seat as a Democrat, describing his approach as leading from the center. It is a rare thing, a religious leader stepping into the arena not with a sword but with what he describes as a posture of bridge-building, and the country will be watching.
And then there is Isaiah Thomas, known online as Minister Zay, who set out on foot from Philadelphia toward California — three thousand miles — to raise funds for at-risk youth and a trade school. He was struck by a car in Indiana this week. He survived. His walk, for now, is paused. But the intention behind it continues to move.
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