We find ourselves affixed in the Age of the Autonomous Self — self-discovery, self-help, and pretty dang selfish. 

The famous are our prophets.
The gospel message is self-actualization, self-achievement, self-dependence.
The mystery is finding yourself.
The sin is losing yourself.

This Religion of Self might be cloaked in Baptist language or Hindu karma or an American spirituality that eats, prays, and loves itself to our best life now, but it’s all the same. This solo quest of “finding my t...