As we continue in the season of Advent, David Wallace reflects on how we might be driven by obligation and what our invitation is to shed the false skin that covers our true selves [Luke 3:7-18].

Reflection

• Reflect on the difference you feel when you say or do something out of obligation instead of a willingness in your heart?
• What “programs for happiness” are you attached to? How do they keep you covered with a skin that is not your true self?

Practice

• Reflect on what programs of happiness you might be attached to. (a. safety and security; b. affection, esteem, and approval; c. power and control)