A Different Kind of Fast: Feeding Our True Hungers in Lent (audio)

by Christine Valters Paintner

Publisher:

christianaudio.com

, 2024

Overview

Fasting is not just the physical practice of giving up food. Fasting is an act of letting go, of making more internal space to listen to the sacred whispers of our lives. Join Christine Valters Paintner, online abbess of Abbey of the Arts, on a spiritual journey through seven different kinds of fasts, including fasting from control, from our attachments, from our grasping, and more. Clarify your true hungers-and nourish your soul. Fasting is not just the physical practice of giving up food. Fasting can also be a way to combat our culture of endless distractions and busyness. Fasting is an act of letting go, of making more internal space to listen to the sacred whispers of our lives. Join Christine Valters Paintner, online abbess of Abbey of the Arts, on a spiritual journey through seven different kinds of fasts, including fasting from control, from our attachments, from our grasping, and more. When we practice these fasts, we can discover unexpected spiritual gifts, as well as answers to deeper questions, leading us to ask: “What is my true hunger?” Perfect for Lent, or any period when a deeper intention to clarify your true hunger is needed, A Different Kind of Fast helps us enter our hearts, stripping away old patterns and habits. Drawing on the wisdom of the desert elders, Paintner offers practical contemplative practices like lectio divina, breath prayer, visio divina, meditation with desert wisdom, contemplative walks, and creative rituals. As we fast from rushing, planning, being strong, holding it all together, seeking certainty, and control, we can softly reorient ourselves toward that which nourishes and fulfills us, for the reflective Lenten season and beyond.

Product Details

• Title: A Different Kind of Fast: Feeding Our True Hungers in Lent (audio)
• Author: Christine Valters Paintner
• Publisher: christianaudio.com
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Audio
• Subjects: Religion › Holidays--Easter & Lent; Religion › Christian Living--Devotional; contemplative; Easter; fasting
• ISBNs: 9781545926161, 1545926166
• Resource ID: LLS:9781545926161
• Resource Type: Media
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-06-10T17:15:53Z

About Christine Valters Paintner

Christine Valters Paintner holds a PhD in Christian spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union and is an adjunct faculty member at Seattle University’s School of Theology and Ministry. She is also a registered expressive arts consultant and educator, art editor for Presence Journal, and author of Water, Wind, Earth, and Fire: The Christian Practice of Praying with the Elements and Lectio Divina: Contemplative Awakening and Awareness.