Some Christians in this context may be able to reclaim traditional ascetic practices like fasting, but for many, fasting will be unhealthy because of close links to disordered messages about what the body is for, messages that are tied up with disordered eating and denigration of the flesh. Some of us, in our body-denigrating context, will need to focus instead on practices of affirmation of the body, such as eating for nourishment and for joy or moving for strength and health and to nurture our ability to love, to serve, and to glorify God in the body. We may need to feast more than we need
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