Hungry for God

Everything can be delivered to the door and people are still tired: that is where JP Flores begins, before naming his actual subject, which is fasting. Working from Matthew 6, where Jesus assumes his disciples will fast and tells them only how, and from Matthew 9, where fasting belongs to the stretch between the bridegroom's leaving and his return, he presents it as trained dependence rather than religious credit. Three men lead prayers between the sections, and he ends by inviting the congregation to fast alongside him the first week of February.