A New Humanity -- Week 5 (11.1.20)

Those we disagree with -- those who offend us -- those who are our 'enemy' -- create great discomfort, unease and even hurt. And it seems quite human to try to avoid those emotions. To do our best to wall ourselves off from the discomfort. But what would happen if we did exactly the opposite? As we look at sections of Matthew 7 and 5 we see Jesus calling us to look inward. To ask what the discomfort may have to teach us. To carefully reflect on what may be in our 'eye' -- to pray for our enemy (an act that does a great deal to change us).  Yes, it's radical, but if lived into, it could change us, and the world.