COVER ART — “Lot’s Wife” by Hayley Labrum Morrison
Salt from Great Salt Lake, spray paint, and oil on cradled panel, 18 x 24 in.
Lot’s Wife is remembered for her disobedience and salty demise. This cautionary tale favors blind obedience, but she deserves nuance. What if her parents and siblings were still in that destroyed city or she simply hoped to gaze upon the place she raised her children for one last time? I left the Salt Lake Valley at age 25. As I look back on the land that raised me, there is a similar complexity of thought. My family and memories of my formative years keep the salty air fresh in my mind, but time away has brought me perspective and growth. We must be allowed to look back, to mourn what we have lost, to ache for what might have been, and to not be reduced to a two-dimensional example of sin after experiencing moments of humanity. Jesus describes those who believe in Him as the “salt of the earth.” Perhaps Lot’s Wife’s belief knew no bounds. Perhaps she was far wiser than we know.
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