Independence Day

Speaking of 'independence,' our culture is consumed with that pursuit, isn't it? As my life has become simpler, it has also become a bit untethered. I lack many of those anchors of obligation which kept me on track in many ways. I confessed during a time of worship yesterday that much of my previous piety had been constructed from the inferior yet sturdy materials of spiritual obligation and duty. In the days ahead I must reconstruct...rebuild...remember.