Fasting

The Secret Ingredient of the Juice Cleanse: Nausea

Linda Flanagan | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Juice, Dieting, Juice Fast, Fasting, Cleanses, Juice Cleanses, Juice Cleanse, Cleanse, Juicing, Healthy Living News
Linda Flanagan

It's juice cleanse day for my daughter, Julie, and me. We decided weeks ago, after too many days of too much garbage, that we'd try a cleanse.

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What We Give Up For Lent: Rethinking 'Fasting'

Maria Mayo | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Christianity, Hunger, Poverty, Lent, Fasting, Sacrifice, Lent Reflection, Lenten Reflection, Lent Fasting, Religion News
Maria Mayo

Taking Lent seriously means recognizing and seeking to break those fasts. It means not taking the Easter celebration and relief for granted.

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The Role Of Forgiveness In Lent

Maria Mayo | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Forgiveness, Repentance, Fasting, Lent, Religion News
Maria Mayo

Lent may be a season of forgiveness, but not the kind of warm and fuzzy forgiveness believers often associate with Jesus' teachings. Instead, forgiveness is a hard-won and distant hope.

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Lent Vs. Greed

Thomas Worcester | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Greed, Wealth, Wall Street, Alms, Fasting, Prayer, Seven Deadly Sins, Lent, Religion News
Thomas Worcester

For Christians, fasting suggests imitation of the Jesus who fasted for 40 days in the desert. It may mean solidarity with the hungry.

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Celebrating Ayyam-I-Ha: A Holiday You Haven't Heard Of

Homa Sabet Tavangar | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Holidays, Christmas, Lent, Global Motherhood, Interracial Marriage, Baha'i, Fat Tuesday, Ayyam-I-Ha, Rituals, Fasting, Pew Research Center, Celebrations, Demographics, Parenting Advice, Diversity, Parents, Religion News
Homa Sabet Tavangar

Depending on our life circumstances and cultural milieu, we make up different things... I have made up how we celebrate a holiday tradition.

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Great Lent: What Fasting, South Park And Your Inner Toddler Have in Common

David J. Dunn, PhD | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Great Lent, Protestant Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Fasting, Christianity, Ash Wednesday, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Ivan Pavlov, Repentance, South Park, Penan, Lent, Religion News
David J. Dunn, PhD

The point of the Lenten fast, for us, is not really about what we give up. It is about what we are supposed to do when we feel ourselves wanting what we have told ourselves we should not have.

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Is Fasting Good For Your Heart? American Heart Month: Day 22 (Part 2)

Suzanne O'Malley | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Yale Heart Study, Yale School of Nursing, Ash Wednesday, Angelo A. Alonzo, Harvard, Megan Parmenter, Diet, Cardiology, Suzanne O'Malley, Fasting, Womenhealth, Yale University, Heart Health, Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Attack, Healthy Living News
Suzanne O'Malley

Eat fat and stay fit? Seriously? Yes, according to Dr. Alan Goldhamer who explored the idea of fasting as a medicine.

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An Ash Wednesday Fast for Justice

Ryan J. Bell | Posted 04.22.2012

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Ryan J. Bell

Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins (Isaiah 58:1)

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Bread, Not Chocolate: An Ash Wednesday Meditation

Rev. Wil Gafney, Ph.D. | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Ash Wednesday, Lent, Martin Luther King, Fasting, Helping the Poor, Isaiah 58:1-12, Catholic Church, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Christianity, Religion News
Rev. Wil Gafney, Ph.D.

Should we persist in fasting, God through Isaiah and those writing in Isaiah's name, describe the fast that pleases God. And there is no mention of chocolate.

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Lent: Learning To Suffer? Or Learning To Love?

Rev. Emily C. Heath | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Christians, Easter, Taking On, Jesus Christ, Fasting, Rev. Emily C. Heath, Prayer, Justice, Love, Spiritual Life, Giving Up, Ash Wednesday, Lent, Lent Suffering, Religion News
Rev. Emily C. Heath

So what could a justice-oriented Lent look like? What would it look like if instead of passing up a Snickers bar, we passed on the love of Christ by feeding our neighbors who don't have the luxury of turning down food?

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Fat Tuesday And Skinny Wednesday

Shane Claiborne | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Lent, Ash Wednesday, Lent 2012, What Is Lent, Christianity, Fat Tuesday, Religious Fasting, Fasting, Religion News
Shane Claiborne

In a world filled with clutter, noise and hustle, Lent is a good excuse to step back and rethink how we live. In a world of instant gratification, it's a chance to practice delayed gratification so that we can truly appreciate the blessings we have.

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Jaweed Kaleem

An Interfaith Yom Kippur

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Islam, Yom Kippur, Video, Kol Nidrei, Judaism, Muslim-Jewish Relations, Kol Nidre, Fasting, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur 2011, Interfaith Understanding, Interfaith Dialogue, High Holy Days, Jewish High Holidays, Religion News

It was a few years ago that Reima Yosif, a devout Muslim, discovered a surprising family secret: she was Jewish -- kind of. The revelation came whi...

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Fasting (Or Not) On Yom Kipppur

Ali Berlow | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Heschel, Fasting, High Holidays, Yom Kippur, Breaking Fast, Harvey Cox, T'shuvah, Rosh Hashanah, Judaism, Religion News
Ali Berlow

The fast will soon be here. On this Yom Kippur, the highest of high Jewish holidays, I'll be doing my best at not-eating.

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The Meaning Of Yom Kippur Fasting

Rabbi Mary Zamore | Posted 12.04.2011

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Rabbi Mary Zamore

I love to eat and do not enjoy being hungry, but I have come to realize that there is a lot to be learned from fasting.

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Reflections On Ramadan

Harris Zafar | Posted 11.06.2011

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Harris Zafar

Muslims are called to serve mankind. The hunger and thirst felt during the fast serves to cultivate empathy with those who are living hungry and thirsty everyday, those who are less fortunate than we are.

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Ramadan Rumblings

Sarah Khan | Posted 10.18.2011

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Sarah Khan

A few years ago, I approached my desk after a meeting and was greeted by giant images of donuts, burgers, ice cream, and french fries on my cubicle. This was my then-boss's charming way of helping me ring in in the first day of Ramadan.

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Ramadan Reflection Day 13: The Blessing Of Solitude

Imam Khalid Latif | Posted 10.13.2011

Read More: Ramadan, Islam, Solitude, New York City, Fasting, Quran, Rumi, Ramadan Fasting, Taqwa, Ramadan Reflection, Religion News
Imam Khalid Latif

Moments of solitude are important depending on how we use them. It's very different seeking solitude in order to remove yourself from frustration versus seeking solitude to grow and develop as you reflect upon and contemplate the world around you and how you fit into it.

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Ramadan In The Mormon Heartland

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Brigham Young University, Mormon Church, Mormons, Fasting, Ramadan, Islam, Lds Church, Ramadan at BYU, Religious Tolerance, Muslims at BYU, Religion News
Hani Almadhoun

Ramadan has always been about sharing and big gatherings, but I had to live without those my first semester at BYU.

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Ramadan Reflection Day 3: An Unseen Sweetness

Imam Khalid Latif | Posted 10.03.2011

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Imam Khalid Latif

Most people who don't fast look at it as a burdensome ritual that is done out of a sense of obligation. They don't see it as something that people long for, look forward to, and prepare for weeks in advance to get the most out of it.

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Start of the Season

Kathy Kelly | Posted 09.06.2011

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Kathy Kelly

I'm here as an activist passenger on the United States flotilla boat, blocked by the Greek government's decision. Our guiding question asks to what extent we can focus world attention on the plight of Palestinians in Gaza.

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WATCH: Mayor Fasting In Hopes Of Solving City's Financial Crisis

Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Islam, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Judaism, Fasting, Christianity, Mayor of Harrisburg, Divine-Intervention, Linda Thompson, Business News

NEW YORK (Edith Honan) - Pennsylvania's debt-ridden capital of Harrisburg has tried every form of fiscal belt-tightening, from layoffs to furlough...

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Eating With a Spiritual Compass

Marcus Samuelsson | Posted 08.16.2011

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Marcus Samuelsson

While the reasons for fasting are varied -- whether it's to purify, connect with a higher spiritual power, atone, or to practice self-control and abstinence -- these spiritual rituals also create a sense of community with fellow observers.

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India's Fasting Guru Denies Promoting Violence

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.09.2011

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NEW DELHI (AP) – A charismatic yoga guru has pledged to train his followers in self defense and traditional martial arts but said they would never t...

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Hamburger And Humple Pie, Or, What I Did For Lent

Beau Friedlander | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Easter, The Daily Office, Buddhism and Christianity, Brooklyn, Christianity and Buddhism, Fasting, Episcopal Church, Christianity, Prayer, Lent, Lent Fasting, Daily Prayers, Lent Prayers, Holy Week, Religion News
Beau Friedlander

To the more cosmopolitan non-believer, I had just found a way to justify anorexia. To a person without any spiritual bearing in life and to my atheist counterparts, I was crackers.

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Punishing the Hungry Will Not Shrink the Deficit

Ritu Sharma | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Women, Hunger, Global Poverty, Federal Budget Deficit, Budget Cuts, Fasting, Hungerfast, Global Women's Issues, Politics News
Ritu Sharma

The choice Congress faces is between letting the hungry go even hungrier and putting aside a few pennies towards the federal deficit. From where I sit, the choice is not even up for debate.

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