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Imaginary pastor Brad Towers returns from a blogging hiatus to introduce ‘The Modern Fast For the Modern Man’ in an effort to make what would otherwise be a time-consuming spiritual discipline available to busy people.

Who’s got the time to fast for forty days? Not this guy. I’ve got things to do, lives to change, sermons to preach, a Farmville property to maintain.
A change of epic proportions is clearly in order. When the Catholic Church got out of control, Martin Luther King nailed his Institutes to the door of a church. Call me Martin Luther King. Junior.

Anyway, here’s pastor Brad:

For the last month I've been holed up in my office like a hibernating wolverine, working on what will probably be the next big thing in the church. Ladies and gentleman, I give you…The Modern Fast For the Modern Man. We all know that fasting is in the Bible. But here's the major malfunction – fasting isn't so fast. I read this book last week that encouraged fasting for forty days. Forty days?!? Who am I, Moses?… Read More

via Experimental Church