Salt and Light - Week Two
June 14, 2026
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Week 2: Salt, light and laughter.
Context:
This week we read scripture alive to the humour, the laughter, the human emotion that runs all the way through it. Laugher is the salt that makes the flavour hit harder as we: laugh in recognition, in wonder, in apprehension. We are called to a salt and light life — not a muted, bland life. Life should be bright and vibrant and lived to the full. There will be laughter.
What makes you laugh? When has God make you laugh with surprise? Discuss!
The group leader leads a quick discussion on any initial thoughts and reactions to these ideas before moving on to the next section: Introducing the Readings.
Introducing the readings:
This week we read two psalms. The psalms famously contain many cries and shouts, laments and pleas but they are also full of laughter. There is the laughter of surprise and nerves, the laughter of relief and celebration, the laughter of fondness, joy, delight and survival — preserved in the repository of poetry and song for thousands of years.
Read: Genesis 18: 1-15, Psalms 100, 136
A volunteer reads these Bible texts and then the group leader reads the following words from the Response to initiate a discussion on the readings and theme.
Response:
The ‘Q:’ sections are questions that are thrown out to the group to initiate discussion on the passage and themes. Pause after each to discuss the ideas.
Q: Which of the two psalms speaks more to you today? Is there a verse from one of the psalms that hits you especially?
Q: In your life what makes you cheer, whoop and cry out? What are you glad for? What shining lights are you celebrating? Share with the group examples of Christ’s light shining in your local community.
Q: Often as the tension leaves the body, we realise ‘we have survived’ and it escapes as laughter. When something shocks us or surprises us we find ourselves laughing and crying out loud like Sarah, “How can this be God?!” When in the history of christianity and in our own lives have salt tears and laugher given us glimpses of the light?
Q: Laughter in Hebrew culture was often used as a protection — defending one’s self against despair. Discuss Sarah’s laughter as a defence mechanism against being disappointed. And do we ever chuckle at the absurdity that God might use a particular person or situation to bless a nation and fulfil his promises?
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