A Different Kind of Fast, Christine Valters Paintner
A Different Kind of Fast, Christine Valters Paintner
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A Different Kind of Fast
Feeding Our True Hungers in Lent

Author: Christine Valters Paintner

Narrator: Nan McNamara

Unabridged: 5 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/16/2024

Synopsis

Clarify your true hungers—and nourish your soul.

Fasting is not just the physical practice of giving up food. Fasting can also be a way to combat our culture of endless distractions and busyness. Fasting is an act of letting go, of making more internal space to listen to the sacred whispers of our lives. Join Christine Valters Paintner, online abbess of Abbey of the Arts, on a spiritual journey through seven different kinds of fasts, including fasting from control, from our attachments, from our grasping, and more. When we practice these fasts, we can discover unexpected spiritual gifts, as well as answers to deeper questions, leading us to ask: "What is my true hunger?"

Perfect for Lent, or any period when a deeper intention to clarify your true hunger is needed, A Different Kind of Fast helps us enter our hearts, stripping away old patterns and habits. Drawing on the wisdom of the desert elders, Paintner offers practical contemplative practices like lectio divina, breath prayer, visio divina, meditation with desert wisdom, contemplative walks, and creative rituals. As we fast from rushing, planning, being strong, holding it all together, seeking certainty, and control, we can softly reorient ourselves toward that which nourishes and fulfills us, for the reflective Lenten season and beyond.

About Christine Valters Paintner

Christine Valters Paintner is the online abbess for Abbey of the Arts, a virtual monastery offering classes and resources on contemplative practice and creative expression. She earned a doctorate in Christian spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, and achieved professional status as a registered expressive arts consultant and educator from the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association.

Paintner is the author of many books on monasticism and creativity, including The Wisdom of the Body; The Eyes of the Heart; Water, Wind, Earth, and Fire; The Artist's Rule; The Soul of a Pilgrim; and Illuminating the Way. She leads pilgrimages in Ireland, Austria, and Germany and online retreats at her website AbbeyoftheArts.com, living out her commitment as a Benedictine Oblate in Galway, Ireland, with her husband, John.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mary Camille

Last spring a woman I met on retreat recommended the Online Abbey of the Arts as a source of inspiration; I signed up for the weekly newsletter from the online abbess, Christine Valters Paintner, and really like her approach to Christianity -- incorporating respect for nature and the sacred feminine......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie

I’ve loved every single one of Christine’s books. I couldn’t wait for Lent to read her newest. The activities were meaningful and her activity suggestions perfect. I especially enjoyed her lectio and visio devina meditations. The contemplative walks were lovely and the breath prayers perfect for my......more

Goodreads review by Andrew

This book - a Lenten devotional, even a guided retreat in book form - was published this year and kept calling to me. It was a bit expensive once shipping to New Zealand was factored in, but as the days to Lent kept ticking down, I kept going back and looking at it online. And then one day it was so......more

Goodreads review by Christi

This was an incredible book for Lent. The title of the book encapsulates beautifully the essence of the entire book; A Different Kind of Fast, feeding our true hungers for Lent. This book will not be placed back on the shelf until next year, but will go in my book basket of my favorite books to refl......more

Goodreads review by Thomas (Tom)

I've become a fan of Paintner's writing , theology and thought process. "A Different Kind of Fast" gave me the opportunity to view and understand Lent through many lenses (Desert Fathers and Mothers, Scriptures, and ancient teachings and teachers). The book also impressed upon me the need to move de......more

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