First: Fasting
The idea of fasting as a Spiritual Discipline intimidated me. First of all, I didn’t know what spiritual fasting really meant and I didn’t know [...]
Fasting Facts Sheet
(excerpts from Spiritual Disciplines Handbook,by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun) Dos and Don’ts Don’t fast when you are sick, traveling, pregnant or nursing. People with diabetes, [...]
Why We Fast – The Practice of Self-Emptying
Fasting as a form of spiritual discipline is the practice that through self-denial of something, we are allowed to plead our needs before God through [...]
Fasting 101
See if this scenario sounds familiar…. You walk into work on Ash Wednesday to notice you have coworkers who have ashes smudged on their foreheads [...]
Fasting By Scot McKnight – Book Review
“My Dear Wormwood,...At the very least, they [humans] can be persuaded that the bodily position makes no difference to their prayers; for they constantly forget, [...]
Kinds of Fasts
There are a number of fasts that have been inspired by scripture. Review these choices and ask God to lead you to the fast that [...]
