What would it look like for us to be a creative minority in our culture?  What would it look like if – rather than hoping for a cultural majority to reflect our views/values – we embraced becoming a minority movement of salt and light in our neighborhood?  John Orton speaks on being the salt and the light in our society.  A creative minority is powerful and life giving, uniquely different and engaged in society!

A creative minority is powerful and life giving.  John shows us that as salt is a flavor, we are the seasoning of life!  Jesus transformed a Roman culture that didn’t believe in Him and a religious culture that was threatened by Him.  All because He was authoring a life of beauty, power and fulfillment that was unavailable in the prevailing culture of the day.  This is what  creative minority looks like!  John also shows us that salt is a preservative.  To be the salt of the earth is to be a powerful healing agent in the midst of societal brokenness.  We should also be the light.  Jesus call is from darkness to light, from death to life.  The good news is that He is making all things new and redeeming all that was lost.  He is inviting us to co-labor with Him in shaping culture through redemptive participation.

A creative minority is also uniquely different.  Light, by its very nature, will be in sharp contrast to darkness!  We are to live differently in a way that points people to the Gospel.

A creative minority is engaged in society.  If we are truly following Jesus, we will find ourselves in the midst of our culture as a beacon of His light.

Are you ready to be the salt and light to our culture?