Issue at Hand, October 2023

At the time of writing for this issue of Beacon Lights, the summer is just wrapping up and schools are opening once again. I have the unique opportunity this year to be sending three of my daughters off separately to college, high school, and grade school—all Christian institutions—while another begins her own first year of teaching at a Christian preschool in southern California. Meanwhile, the annual Young People’s Federation scholarship writing contest has wrapped up, and funds have been...