What is good about spiritual fasting?

More and more Protestants are discovering the benefits and power of spiritual fasting. While the practice is common among members of the Roman Catholic clergy and other ecclesiastical clerics (specifically priests, nuns, and monks), not many lay people had fasted until recently. But that is…

The soft touch of pain

Last week I attended the funeral of a beautiful 30 year old girl who died suddenly in her sleep. As I sat in church watching her friends, family, and neighbors quietly filter through the doors, I looked around at her sorrowful faces and was overwhelmed…