The Sticky Sin of Always Being Right

There is no sin as sticky as self-righteousness. And that’s because self-righteousness springs from a sense of our own rightness. With clenched fists, we hold tight to it, because rightness is bound up with our view of ourselves.I know this from sad experience. To admit I’m wrong—to acknowledge that wrongful actions aren’t canceled out by good intentions, or that in the heat of conflict my wife or my kids may be more often right than I am—would drive a spear into the heart of my self-estim