Fasting with Purpose

Our relationship with food is complicated. We live in a foodie culture and have tons of great options for delicious food. It seems food is getting better and better tasting. All you can eat is getting more popular. Its not only food that we enjoy consuming but so many other things. We are a very high consumption society. The Biblical Concept of Fasting however calls us to engage differently with this world than our culture tends too. Fasting is rarely practiced amongst the Christians I know, but perhaps it is time to dive back into this ancient practice and find regular ways to engage in our present lives.