From James 1, 4, and Matthew 6 — What if prayer and fasting aren't just spiritual disciplines, but the very practices that make us whole? Pastor Leiah explores James's vision of a coherent, integrated life — where faith, desire, action, and love flow from a single center. Drawing from Amos, Augustine, and Jesus's teaching on prayer in Matthew 6, we discover how fasting slows our fragmented desires long enough for God to reorder them, and why these practices matter especially now, in a moment when our attention is under constant assault. We close at the table, receiving communion as embodied remembrance — feasting with Jesus before we fast, and being formed into the people we're meant to become.