Comments on: A Bit Slow on Fasting

By: Mike W.

Mike W. — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:59:28 +0000

Stumbled onto your blog. Very good insight into fasting. This Bible Protestant appreciates your insights! (and your love for coffee!). Thank you! Best wishes in Jesus to you and your family.

By: Square Zero » Blog Archive » A Long and Sustained Effort

Square Zero » Blog Archive » A Long and Sustained Effort — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:27:54 +0000

[...] We are now in the second week of the Great Fast. I wrote several posts about the Fast last year, but as yet I don’t feel called to write much about it this year. However, I do want to address the question of whether one ought to fast on Sundays during Lent. [...]

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 06:24:00 +0000

To tell you the truth, I’m not sure how much money I really save during the Fast—a vegan diet isn’t necessarily cheap.

But you bring up a very important point, James. I haven’t given almsgiving the consideration it deserves. Right now we’re pretty broke, with the lingering hospital bills from Mary’s birth and several very expensive recent repairs (minivan and sewer).

Excuses, excuses. I am, however, donating time and professional skills to the design of a local church website. I don’t know how this fits into the whole concept of almsgiving—perhaps its more in the way of tithing.

Again, this topic deserves further contemplation. Thanks for bringing it up.

By: James Fitzgerald

James Fitzgerald — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:30:02 +0000

One thing we often miss though, even when plunging headlong into fasting, is that it should - as the Church says in this Lenten season - go with almsgiving. It seems there are three areas where God - or Satan - can really get to us: the stomach, the ‘zipper-zone’ and the pocket. And to sacrifice all three?! That would be a holy offering.

How many of us actually use the money we have saved from buying fancy foods, to donate to the hungry? Surely the fast of the rich should become a feast for the poor.

By: John Carriere

John Carriere — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 05:59:04 +0000

Not a thrill of success, there’s a kind of gladness in this hunger. Satisfaction in dissatisfaction. Unexpected spiritual benefits, I guess.