This week we prayed the collect for Proper 21 and discussed fasting!  Is fasting just giving something up, or is there something more to it? We talk about how fasting shows up in the Bible, in our tradition (including the BCP), and how we might fast today.  We talk about consumerism, and how fasting can be a response to so many of our cultural pressures today from consuming to producing! We even invented a new word: Smangry! Give us a listen to find out what it means!

Notes:

1. The collect this week was Collect for Proper 21 from Book of Common Prayer (BCP), p. 234.

2. Leviticus 16:29, 31, talks about the Day of Atonement.

3. The church calendar can be found in the Book of Common Prayer starting on p. 15.

4. Examples of Jesus not fasting: Mark 2:18& following.

5. We talked on the episode about fasting not being for everyone, especially with regards to food and different people’s physical and mental health needs. God does not expect everyone to fast; not does the church encourage fasting from food if it would endanger your own health! 

6. Give us a shout if you try a spiritual discipline we talk about on the show! Our emails can be found at https://www.stjohnslynchburg.org/staff

Join us next week as we dive deeper into the spiritual discipline of reading and studying Holy Scripture!