Strong, Detached Convictions

"Holding convictions with detachment allows for holding them strongly, but with an openness to possible correctives from other points of view. We have to consider whether or not our convictions have become idols, substitutes for God Himself. We may be tempted to think that we are saved from idolatry by having no convictions at all. But that does not work. In that case, we usually end up making an idol either of 'togetherness' at the expense of all other values or making an idol out of a desire to be left alone and affected by nobody."

Br. Andrew Marr, O.S.B. from "Community & Convictions" in Singing God's Praises p. 72