Welcome to The Light, your quiet moment of reflection.
In Texas, a megachurch recently opened its doors in a different kind of way, offering free prom dresses to young women who needed them. It is a small gesture, perhaps, but one that reminds us how community can clothe more than just the body.
From generosity, we turn to a quieter kind of crisis unfolding in Cambridge. Harvard University saw fifty-five students tie for its highest GPA prize this year, with flat A's now accounting for sixty-six percent of all undergraduate grades. When excellence becomes universal, we must ask honestly what excellence still means, and whether we are serving students or simply soothing them.
And in Washington, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior announced a sweeping initiative to reduce what he calls the overprescription of antidepressants, particularly for children. Whatever one makes of the messenger, the question underneath is serious: are we reaching for pills where we might first reach for presence, for community, for care?
Three stories, each asking something of us. That is this hour's reflection. Carry the light gently.["https://www.christianpost.com/news/texas-megachurch-gives-away-free-prom-dresses-for-girls.html","https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/harvard-grade-inflation-gpa/687074/?utm_source=feed","https://www.christianpost.com/video/todd-wagner-on-dead-churches-why-christians-arent-growing.html","https://www.christianpost.com/news/rfk-jr-rolls-out-deprescribing-initiative-during-ssri-summit.html","https://www.crosswalk.com/family/marriage/is-marriage-meant-to-be-a-headship-or-a-partnership.html"]📺 The Light · 3 PM Update · player loading…