DeanRobin :: The fast that I choose

This is Robin Walker's blog. I am the Dean of the Diocese of Brandon & Rector of St. Matthew's Anglican Cathedral, in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. I have been in this ministry since January of 2003. My big interest is "preaching among exiles," to borrow a term from Walter Brueggemann. This blog is mainly devoted to my sermons, and the sometimes circuitous process by which I get to them, as well as current issues in church life as I experience them. I welcome constructive comment on the content of my personal posts. Comments on linked articles should be directed to the appropriate authors. Note that this is a moderated blog. I will not accept comments dealing with local and/or personal issues. The main page normally contains only material from the current week. Past articles are found in other categories.

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The fast that I choose

by Robin Walker on Fri 08 Feb 2008 09:10 AM CST | Permanent Link | Cosmos

I sometimes think I'm just lazy, but I find fasting very difficult—at least fasting as giving up food. I like my creature comforts, but I don't think I'm a glutton! But then I read in Isaiah 58:1-9a about another kind of fasting, the fast of responding to injustice. Feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, addressing injustice wherever it may be.

The fact of people being needlessly in need makes me angry, and I am reminded that Thomas Aquinas remarked that one would sin by not being angry in the face of injustice that s/he could and should confront.

I know I can do that, and I can do more.
This is the fast that God chooses.
Let it be my choice.

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