February 5, 2017 Matthew 5:13-20 I wish that our Gospel reading today was about Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman at the well. Because instead of having 5 husbands, I have 5 sermons, and my present sermon is not really my sermon. But instead today we get Jesus talking about salt and light. And in the end, maybe that’s just what I needed to hear. Maybe it’s just what we all need to hear right now. It just might take some time working on it to get to the point where we can begin to figure out what to do with it. “You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world,” Jesus tells the crowds gathered before him. Or, from another translation, “Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth…. You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world.” The light part sounds familiar, we’re used to hearing, singing, praying about light. And we know what light does. It allows us to see