What are your thoughts on fasting? Have you come up with your own definition? I like the definition given by Nathan Foster in his book The Making of an Ordinary Saint: My Journey from Frustration to Joy with the Spiritual Disciplines. He writes:

”Fasting is the voluntary denial of an otherwise normal function for the sake of intense spiritual activity. Remember, there is nothing wrong with these normal functions in life; it is just that there are times when we set them aside in order to concentrate. Once we understand this, we can see both the reasonableness of fasting as well as the broader dimensions to it.”

Come join me as we ponder the idea of fasting.

Ponderings