Spiritual Disciplines: Fasting As a Means of Grace
A Pastoral Dilemma I’ve always wondered why fasting is called “fasting.” When you’re in the middle of it, it certainly doesn’t seem fast. Many years ago, when I was a pastor, I had a major dilemma. A family that I considered as integral, crucial to my ministry even, was causing major divisions in the church. The fact was, my new church had only about 40 attendees, and this was a family of five, where the husband was the worship leader and the wife was the…