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The work of Christian Peacemaking Lesson 1: A Christian Response to Conflict

Looking at the images around the room Stand near the animal which best represents how you respond to conflict.

Looking at the images around the room Why have you chosen your animal? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this style of response? Is this method likely to solve the problem?

Read Matthew 5: 38-41 38 You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles.

What is Jesus’ message here? Read Matthew 5: 38-41 38 You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. What is Jesus’ message here?

We are going to look at one interpretation of this passage, by a bible scholar called Walter Wink.

Turn the other cheek

If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well

South Africa Under the Apartheid regime, the authorities had been looking for a way to remove a shanty town. One day, whilst the men and most of women were at work, the bailiffs moved in with the bulldozers. They told the women who were still there that they had five minutes to gather up their possessions. The women protested by stripping off their clothes. The embarrassed bailiffs fled.

Walk the extra mile

Walk the extra mile You are a Roman Soldier By law, you can ask a Palestinian civilian to carry your pack (weighing approximately 70kg) for one mile. After one mile you must take it back, otherwise you will face severe punishment. How would you react to the person who insisted on carrying your pack that extra mile?

Next in Matthew’s gospel Jesus tells us… 43You have heard that it was said, ‘you shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’ 44But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45so that you may be children of your Father in heaven.

What does it mean to love your enemies?

Read the story carefully. Add your own thoughts and reflections beneath it. You will have three minutes with each story.

What are the messages of Matthew 5:38-41 & 43-45 Look back at your thoughts on these passages at the start of the lesson. Has your opinion changed? Why/Why not? What do these teachings tell us about how Christians should respond to conflict?

Lesson 1: A Christian Response to Conflict Credits Animal Conflict Styles are from, Peacebuilding: a Caritas Training Manual, (Vatican City, Caritas Internationalis, 2002) Photo of Walter Wink is from the Fellowship of Reconciliation USA and is used with permission through the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license Illustrations of Turn the other cheek, Give them your cloak also, and Walk the extra mile are by David Rumsey Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version All other images and materials are by Pax Christi UK