I recently read The Roots and Fruits of Fasting by Dr. Mary Ruth Swope for a project I’ve just completed. Dr. Swope is semi-retired, devoting time to speaking and teaching on nutrition. She takes a very different approach to fasting. While she lays some biblical groundwork in the early chapters, she soon changes to a nutrition/diet […]
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“The Roots and Fruits of Fasting”
Published by October 28th, 2008 in Prayer, Devotion, Fasting and Spiritual Disciplines. 3 CommentsWe all struggle with Paul’s exhortation to “pray without ceasing.” After realizing her days were filled with thoughts that weren’t so much wrong, as they were simply unspiritual, Janet Holm McHenry decided to delve into the lives of eight great “pray-ers” in church history. The result is her book PrayerStreaming: Staying in Touch with God […]
