Have you ever gotten your hands dirty on a mission trip or servant event? Maybe you drove in an overcrowded van to Mexico where you built a house that was the size of your bedroom and gave piggyback rides to Spanish-speaking children who giggled in the joy of receiving attention. Or maybe you served at a retirement home where you held the wrinkled hands of someone's forgotten great-great-grandma while painting her fingernails and listening to her song of nostalgia. Or maybe you served lunch at a church and talked with a homeless man who reminded you of your older brother. When you stepped back into your house, your dorm room, or your school, you began to notice little details that you had somehow never seen before. Suddenly, Taco Bell doesn't taste as authentic. The man in rags begging for money doesn't look as greedy. Your grandfather doesn't sound as senile. It's as though your life has been flavored with a salt that amplifies the sounds, tastes, feelings, emotions, and attitudes of your normal days.

That is what SALLT (Service and Learning Leadership Team) is all about. It's about teaching Christians to live as “the salt of the earth” (Matthew 5:13), seasoned by service-learning. It's about learning why God has called us to be servants and how we can teach others to live a life of service.