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Be the Salt and Light This Thanksgiving
Jim Wallis

What does reconnecting with Jesus mean as we go into the world?
How do we see him, recognize him, and follow him? Does
reconnecting with Jesus mean reclaiming a way of life or style of
life that we can look for?

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus compares following his way to
being the "salt" and light" that the world so desperately
needs. He says that his followers will be like salt, a preserving
and stabilizing force to preserve, protect, and deepen the values
and behaviors that human cultures most need to keep and enhance.
Jesus said to his followers, "You are the salt of the earth,"
to preserve the important things that sustain and undergird human
societies. This is a quality that conservatives often admire:
keeping cohesion and positive communal values intact, like
the glue that often holds things together -- values such as
honesty, integrity, compassion, fairness, faithfulness, fidelity,
and dedication to raising our children in ways that are good and
right and for the sake of service to others.

The followers of Jesus will also be like light, shining into the
darkness, revealing what is wrong, untrue, and a danger to human
life and dignity -- revealing the things that need to be
changed. Jesus said to his disciples, "you are the light of the
world," revealing the things we should not let darkness cover
up or make us accept. This is what liberals or progressives are
often drawn to. Exposing injustice, the light helps point to and
promote social, racial, and economic justice where and when it is
most needed, because those commitments and goals are integral to
the gospel of Jesus Christ. Only when light shines will the
darkness go away. The light also serves as a beacon that others
can see and be drawn to, modeling loving God and neighbor in ways
that show what true love and justice look like. I think many of
us who learned about the Sermon on the Mount in Sunday school may
have thought of "salt of the earth" and "light of the
world" as basically the same thing -- I know I did.

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