Tag: fasting
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Sept. 27 Gathering: Yom Kippur
While most Christian communities have not traditionally celebrated Yom Kippur, there is a growing movement among some to observe a time of confession and repentance within our heritage while carefully avoiding cultural appropriation.
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Oct. 25 Gathering: Spiritual Practices — Fasting
Of all the various spiritual practices of the church, the one we perhaps think about, talk about, and engage in the least is fasting. Especially in our over-indulged American culture, the idea of depriving ourselves seems downright foreign, if not altogether absurd! But fasting is a practice that has gone hand-in-hand with worship for people…