I continue to be challenged in prayer. Maybe it’s because I’m trying to pray more, and I found out God seems to be always talking. (I may need to look into that correlation.)

One of the challenges for me is to fast regularly. My wife and I have decided to fast once a week.

This weekend we also discussed moving one step further along the path of prayer and identifying with others around the world. And, quite possibly, save a bit of money along the way.

We are exploring the idea of having a “beans and rice” week every so often. In that way, we save some money (which we need to do), but along the way we open up our lives to pray every day that week for needs around the world.

Fasting is a discipline that opens our ears to the Lord.

Eating simply may be a way to open up our hearts to the needs of others around the world.