My first encounter with Christian fasting was in a Russian kitchen in the provincial city of Krasnodar in 1991. It was November and my host, a university professor, was preparing the evening meal at ...

Traditionally, the season of Lent is a time of deep spiritual reflection that for most Christians includes fasting. Fasting is the act of intentionally refraining from something. Usually, this ...

Editor's note: Fasting in Faith is an occasional series exploring the practice of fasting as a spiritual exercise common to many religious traditions. Suburban Catholics and many Christians have gone ...

Find today’s readings here. In today’s reading, a parable from the Gospel of Matthew, John’s disciples ask Jesus why his followers do not fast. Christ responds in his typical fashion by asking a ...

The question will be: what do those Christians believe, or who is the Christian fasting to? In Islam, disbelief invalidates good deeds. “And whosoever disbelieves rejects faith, then fruitless is his ...

BOSTON (AP) — Some Evangelical Christian leaders and advocates are fasting to bring attention to immigration issues affecting members of their congregations. Advocacy and legal services group Agencia ...