Today, I'm the 'fool on the hill", admiring the nationalism of rooting for Andy Murray.

What a pretty picture of nationalism is Andy Murray! The whole country is rallying for him to win Wimbledon. Not, you can do it, but we can do it! It is for all of us that you win. What a unifying factor is winning. We all want to do it and we all want to enter into the thrill of victory for our nation. I look at this in the shadow of our Independence Day. We celebrate together our victory over "dependence". We are no longer "dependent" we are "independent". But, will we ever get to the point of our forbearers in interdependence, as expressed in the UK through Andy Murray? It's a victory for our country, if our fellow wins our national tourney? Maybe. We had days of Jimmy Connors and John MacEnroe and Arthur Ashe and now the winners of the Williams, etc. But does it form a cohesive bond? It doesn't seem to. There is room to grow in our independence or interdependence as we strive toward God's intention for the image of God, as it shows itself in our nationalism. Not pride but unified striving. Moral support that is more than that. Something that gives us a reason to win. I do hope Andy wins it for them.