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February 2015

February 16, 2015

Following Rocky Balboa into the Wilderness of Lent

Among the many roots of the season of Lent is the remembrance that Jesus spent...

July 2013

July 10, 2013

Becoming God Adapted

I like long races--ultramarathons, half-Ironman and Ironman triathlons, hundred mile bike rides. Endurance, more than...

February 2013

February 19, 2013

Don’t Ruin Your Appetite: Fasting Through Lent

On Wednesdays and Fridays I am hungry, but it is on those days that I...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

Fast Day

Today try fasting from all food or caloric drinks, but also try to fast from...

November 16, 2012

A Day for Patience

Fast from all food and caloric drinks until 5 PM. Among the many lessons of...

November 09, 2012

Friday Fast

Fast from all food and caloric drinks until 5 PM. Remember that a fast is...

October 2012

October 26, 2012

Friday Fast

Eat nothing today and don't drink anything with calories or sweetness until 5 PM. Throughout...

October 19, 2012

Friday Fast

The Exercise: Eat no food and drink nothing with calories until 5 PM The Why: ...

October 12, 2012

Post-Debate Fast: Keeping Our Mouth Shut

The Exercise: Refuse to use the following words: Democrat, Republican, conservative, liberal, left, right, idiot,...

October 05, 2012

Friday Fast

Eat no food and drink nothing with calories until 5 PM. During your meal times...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

Friday Fast

Eat no food or drink until sun down. Wendell Berry once wrote that: "There are...

September 21, 2012

Friday Fast

Fast from all food and caloric drinks until 5 PM. Pay attention to your hungers--what...

September 14, 2012

How to Fast: Five Tips

Friday is a traditional fast day in Christianity because it is on this day that...

September 05, 2012

Facebook Fast

For a large number of people in our society, social networks of one kind or...

August 2012

August 24, 2012

Noise Fast

So much of our life is filled with noise from the radio to our televisions....

August 17, 2012

Friday Fast: Creating an Opening

Fast from all food and caloric drinks until 5 PM As you fast, center your...

August 10, 2012

Friday Fast or a Feast on the Bread of Life

Fast from all food and caloric drinks until sundown. During your fast, use the time...

August 02, 2012

Friday Fast (With a Few Notes on Why)

Fast from all food or caloric drinks until 5 PM. Why fast? There are a...

July 2012

July 27, 2012

Friday Fast

Eat no food until 5PM. Fasting is critical for two primary reasons--to tame our desires...

July 20, 2012

Friday Fast: Ramadan Edition

Fast from all food, and to the extent safe, fluids during daylight hours. Today marks...

July 08, 2012

Sabbath

Don't do anything that might be work. Don't wash a dish, don't clean a thing,...

July 06, 2012

Fast from All Media

Friday is a traditional fast day for Christians, but fasting from food isn't always the...

June 2012

June 29, 2012

A Prayer for Mealtimes

Fast from all food or caloric drinks until 5 PM During your fast, perhaps at...

June 22, 2012

Friday Fast

No food or caloric drinks until 5 PM. For your sustenance, meditate on 1 Corinthians 12.

June 15, 2012

Friday Fast

Fast from all food and caloric drinks until 5 PM

June 08, 2012

Friday Fast

Fast from all food until 5 PM. What do you eat when food isn't an...

June 01, 2012

Bake Bread

Fast from all food or caloric drinks. During your fast make a no-knead bread, starting...

May 2012

May 25, 2012

Fast

Fast from all food or caloric drinks from sunrise to sunset.

May 22, 2012

News Fast

Fast from all news, especially "news" that is more gossip than relevant knowledge of events....

May 18, 2012

Friday Fast

With the Feast of the Ascension behind us, we now return to fasting on Friday...