Jay Richards, assistant research professor, published commentary on The Stream about advice on the final week of fasting and ending with a Christmas feast.
..."A key goal of my book Eat, Fast, Feast is to help readers develop a fasting lifestyle. A friend and Stream contributor volunteered to try the six-week plan I lay out in the book. The sixth and final week ends with a 36-to 72-hour fast, followed by a proper feast. He timed it well, so that Christmas landed at the end of the six-week effort."...
Richards was also interviewed by CNN about fasting during the holiday season and his book, Eat, Fast, Feast: A Christian Guide to Intermittent Fasting.
..."'My main interest is in trying to recover a lost spiritual discipline,' Richards said in a recent interview. 'It was a huge part of Advent, but it died out.'"...
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