Welcome to The Light, your quiet-hour reflection.
Grammy-winning singer RAYE has spoken openly about stepping away from social media, trading the scroll of Instagram for the stillness of a Bible app. She says disconnecting has transformed her mental health, and there is something quietly countercultural in that — choosing ancient text over algorithmic noise.
That tension between the new and the enduring finds a different kind of echo in a conversation with paleobiologist Douglas Erwin, who asks where genuine novelty comes from — in biology, in culture, in us. Not every new thing becomes true innovation, he suggests. Something deeper has to take hold before change becomes lasting.
And on the question of what lasts, Christian college and seminary presidents are raising urgent concerns about provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that could significantly burden students pursuing degrees in ministry and religious studies. School leaders warn the consequences could reshape who has access to a calling they feel they were made to follow.
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