Comments on: Last minute Good Friday fasting

By: Boy in the Bands: Scott Wells on the practice of Christian faith

Boy in the Bands: Scott Wells on the practice of Christian faith — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:51:58 +0000

Good Friday fasting and pluralism…

As I mentioned yesterday, I was going to scale back my eating on xerophagic lines: bread, water, fruit and simply prepared vegetables.

So far so good. My staple has been raisin bagels — which remind me in composition of the hot cross bun, too &…

By: Scott Wells

Scott Wells — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:54:48 +0000

Olive oil, ironically, wouldn’t pass Greek Orthodox muster. An olive tapanade might. Oil is one of the things from which fasters abstain — which leads to some wonderful Lenten salad dressings made of tahini, nut butters and avocados.

It may seem like cheating — though fried foods are still out — but I suppose it is all about where you draw lines.

By: PeaceBang

PeaceBang — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:47:55 +0000

“I wake up …covered in powdered sugar and shame.”

Oh Lord, child, you make me laugh.

I would do just bread and stuff, but I feel the same way about plain bread that you do about the bakery. I’d be digging into that butter lamb in no time, stabbing right into it.

Maybe bread and …olive oil?

I haven’t tried a Good Friday fast in years.