The Joy of Being Wrong - Week #2

1. The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be your name
May your kingdom come, may your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our sins
As we forgive those who sin against us
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil
For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory
Forever and ever.
Amen.

3. Whatever is received is received
according to the manner of the
receiver;
whatever is communicated will only
be received insofar the receiver is
open or disposed to the message;
i.e. we receive things not
as they are, but as we are
LATIN PROVERB

4. If you do not want to be judged,
then do not judge others.
For the way you judge others
will come back to you – full circle.
Think of it this way. How can
you see the speck of wood
in the eye of another when you
cannot see the log in your own
eye?
MATTHEW 7:1-3 (FNV)

5. For now, it is as if we are looking
at a poor reflection in muddy
water, but then we will see face to
face.
For now, my knowledge is full
of holes...
1 CORINTHIANS 13:12(FNV)

6. ADAM GRANT
The joy
of being wrong

8. We judge new ideas based on the
ease with which they fit in with and
confirm the only standard we have:
old ideas, old information, and
trusted authorities.
As a result, our framing story,
belief system, or paradigm
excludes whatever doesn’t fit
CONFIRMATION BIAS

10. Ideas that fit in are easy
and convenient to accept,
and they give me
pleasure because they
confirm
what I already think...
Wanting to save me
from extra-framing work,
my brain presses a
‘reject’
BRIAN MCLAREN

11. Where do you see this bias
present in your own life?
Old ideas/info and trusted
authorities...which is
hardest
for you to navigate?
How do social media and
24hr news networks/sites
~ QUESTIONS ~

12. Source of All Truth, help me to hunger
for truth, even if it upsets, modifies,
or overturns what I already think is
true.
Guide me into all the truth I can bear,
and stretch me to bear more, so that
I may always choose the whole truth,
even with disruption, over half-truths
with self-deception. Grant me passion
to follow wisdom wherever it leads.
CONFIRMATION BIAS PRAYER

13. Our brains prefer
a simple falsehood
to a complex truth
COMPLEXITY BIAS

14. When a new idea that is
complex shows up...we
compare the intellectual
effort of inviting it in and
showing it hospitality to
the intellectual effort of
slamming the door and
sticking with the simple
idea we already have.
BRIAN MCLAREN

15. LAZY + FAST

16. People of color, people
on the margins, religious
minorities...the gift we
bring to human
community
is we complexify the
simple lie; the simple lie
is not truth
(e.g. white supremacy,
hetero
DR. JACQUI LEWIS

17. How do you see this bias
playing out in the world?
Is there an area of life
where this bias is most
challenging?
(i.e. Politics? Religion?
et.al.)
How can we intentionally
~ QUESTIONS ~

18. Spirt of Wisdom and Understanding,
help me not be seduced by simple lies
or repelled by complex truths.
Instead, teach me to seek out
understanding as if it were hidden
treasure, digging deep beneath
surface appearances to discover
what is real in the depths.
COMPLEXITY BIAS PRAYER

19. It’s almost impossible
to see what our
community doesn’t,
can’t, or won’t see
COMMUNITY BIAS

20. ...If I become convinced
of the truth of an idea
which is unacceptable
to my group, I will be
faced with a painful,
even agonizing choice...
If I stay silent and hold
out-of-synch views
secretly,
I will feel divided,
BRIAN MCLAREN

21. How might this bias
impact us at Vintage?
Which communities
do you find it the hardest
to disagree with?
Can you see how its
challenging for others to go
against their communities?
~ QUESTIONS ~

22. The diversity of
human community
is what helps us
to break out of
these biases.
DR. JACQUI LEWIS

23. Inspirer of holy boldness and humble
bravery, give me the humility to learn
from my community along with
the courage to differ graciously from
my community, seeking truth even
when my companions are unwilling
to see it or accept it. Help me remain
humbly loyal to the truth even when
I am misjudged and rejected by
my community for doing so.
COMMUNITY BIAS PRAYER

24. Complementarity Bias
pg.23-25; S1, E2 & E3; S2, E1 &
E2
Contact Bias
pg.26-28; S1, E2; S2, E2
Competency Bias
pg.29-31; S1, E3; S2, E2 & E3
FORNEXT WEEK

25. Our Closing Prayer
Source of wonder, help us see with wonder.
Depth of mystery, help us find delight and truth
so profound that they surpass all knowing.
Fountain of compassion, help us see with compassion.
Bringer of justice, help us see with justice;
Revealer of truth, help us see what is real.
Holy wisdom, whose presence fills our ever-expanding
universe, help horizons ever to expand.
Light of glory, help us to see with humility and awe.
Amen.