A Defense Against the Default

How spiritual reading can begin the day in the right direction

It’s cliche, these days, for self-help writers to offer a morning routine—some ambitious way to get up, take an ice bath, do a hundred pushups, write 500 words and win the day. I’m not a self-help writer, and I certainly don’t think a day can be won, but there is some kernel of truth in paying attention to a good beginning.

The reality is that we have…