are called to minister, and then by juxtaposing those habits against our own. Understanding is the first step in the removal of our blindness, addressing the plank in our eyes, before we begin to address the speck in our brother’s eye. Awareness is helpful, but wholly inadequate to bring about change in our habits of life. Habits are so powerful that they persist, almost unconsciously, in the way we approach and live out the routines of our daily existence. Spiritual disciplines are necessary to