Traditionally, fasting is about abstaining from food, so we recommend fasting until sundown one day per week.

Pick a day that works for you. If possible, do this with your community to encourage your weekly practice.

Fast from waking until sundown, then eat a simple meal in gratitude.

If a full day is too much, start smaller. Skip breakfast and break the fast at lunch or 3 p.m. The goal is to make fasting a part of your regular life. Start where you are, not where you feel like you “should” be.

In the time you would normally be cooking, eating, or cleaning, give yourself to prayer. Let your desire for food point you to Jesus as you open yourself to him.

Please modify as needed for health reasons, and consider if it would be supportive for you to meet with a therapist or doctor as you think about this practice. As a community, ask how you can support and include those who may need to modify this practice.