This week Pastor Katy Wheat Borhauer continues our summer series, "The Third Way," with a message called "The Plank Problem," from Matthew 7:1–12. Starting with a story from her own driving history, Katy asks why it's so easy to spot the speck in someone else's eye while ignoring the plank in our own. Drawing on the honor-and-shame culture Jesus first spoke into, she names two tempting but incomplete responses, instant condemnation and instant retreat, before pointing us toward a third way: empathetic discernment, an honest look inward, a request for God's wisdom, and a pause before we render a verdict on anyone else. Katy closes with a whole-body prayer practice you can pray right along with the congregation, learning to ask God for the pause before the verdict, before words are ever spoken. Whether you're new to faith or have walked with Jesus for years, this message offers a fresh, grace-filled way to examine your own heart before you examine anyone else's.