Story
W.E.B. Du Bois conducted careful, scientific research on the condition of Black Americans, convinced that clear truth would produce…
Truth · Work
Craddock · Du Bois
Story
It Was the Other Person
traditional / common human pattern
When something goes wrong, the first story most of us tell is the one in which someone else is primarily at fault. The details may be accurate enough. The proportion is usually not. Owning our part feels costly in the moment and clarifying in the long run. Blaming feels relieving in the moment and corrosive over time.
How you’d preach it
Light but true observation about our instinct to shift responsibility. Useful in teaching on confession or ownership.
- Pride
- Truth