"I am the light of the world."

-- John 8:12 (NRSV)

"As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

-- John 9:5 (NRSV)

"You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works, and give glory to your Father in heaven."

-- Matthew 5:14-16 (NRSV)

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Imagine that you are in a very dark place, where you cannot see. In the darkest places, you would not be as much in the dark as the blind man described in the ninth chapter of the Gospel of John, but imagining yourself in a dark room may help you get into the story in which Jesus says…