Good morning and happy Friday!
Last night, our book study group on Christine Valters Paintner's A Different Kind of Fast met for the fourth time, as we work our way through spiritual practices for all forty days of Lent. Many of us have found this book quite meaningful as we engage in the Lenten discipline of self-examination: what's standing between me and God, and how do I draw closer? Paintner was interviewed recently for the UMC's Compass: Finding Spirituality in the Everyday podcast about the book. Even if you haven't been reading along, I hope this conversation might be valuable to you: