In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus invites us into a new community, and gives us a vision of the best possible way of living in the world, for the good of all. This new world Jesus envisions is a wonderful alternative to the contemporary culture of hate and fear. It's my hope that these words of Jesus will grab us and not let us go. It's my prayer that we not only hear them, but do them, so that they become part of us, and we are changed by them.