A habit of listening to God

(Continuing our conversation from yesterday)

“Yes,” I said. “Part of the value of Lent is the time it gives to cultivate habits of listening.”

“Habits of listening?”

I decided to find out whether he remembered something we had covered once before. “You know how I’ve talked about routine before.”

“Yep,” he said. “You said, ‘For me, a routine is a set of thoughts and behaviors performed consistently. Repeated actions, routines, shape us and can then remind us of the context. It can be a bad thing,...