Tsia̍h-pá--buē: What we (might) talk about when we talk about fasting. Kevin speaks about his experience fasting in his life, both for Lent and, this year, for Ramadan. While we are often weary of discipline, what realizations might come out of the discipline of fasting?

Rev. Venida focuses on the vital discipline of Rest, a practice that is mentioned frequently throughout the Bible and encouraged by Jesus himself. She invites us to reflect on what the Holy Spirit may be saying about embracing rest more intentionally in our lives, and how rest can strengthen and renew us for the journey ahead.

Kai Ngu walks us through why we are all shaped and disciplined by various institutions and contexts — the workplace, social media, the government, our families — towards becoming certain kinds of people. And while that’s unavoidable, maybe we can pause and think about who we are becoming through these disciplines, and who we would rather be. Perhaps beginning with the discipline of prayer.

Prayer Deacon Benny reconsiders how we think about meditation, unpacking some of our cultural perceptions about it—decolonized, de-capitalized, and demystified. In preparation, Benny realizes that he has more meditative experience than he thought and realizes that we all meditate more than we realize.