Reflection

“If your opinions on one subject can be predicted from your opinions on another, you may be in the grip of an ideology. When you truly think for yourself, your conclusions will not be predictable.”
–Kevin Kelly

Prayer

God over all,

We live in a culture awash with strong opinions piled on top of each other rather than shared constructively in a spirit of freedom and unity. Deliver us as citizens, from every temptation to put ideology ahead of people, as if our commitment to ideas could ever be more important than the call to respond to a neighbor in need. Instead let us open our hearts and minds first and foremost to your word and receive your spirit, that we might be healed of division, think for ourselves in new ways, and discover fresh ways forward in service to the common good. Amen.

Call to Action

What are the sources I turn to when forming my opinions? Am I sufficiently open-minded and striving to rid myself of bias? Recommit to thinking freely, for myself, as an exercise of virtue.