fast

Tomorrow begins two days of events related to the Interfaith Peace Witness in Washington, DC, organized by the new national coalition of religious groups working to end the war in Iraq. I will be heading to DC to meet with dozens of faith community leaders tomorrow evening (facilitated by the Fellowship of Reconciliation), and will then participate with hundreds of others in a major religious gathering on Friday afternoon at 2:30 p.m., to be held outdoors in Upper Senate Park.

During the past few weeks, we have witnessed a powerful period of fasting. The holy Muslim month of Ramadan came to a close this weekend, and it embraced the Jewish period of Yom Kippur as well as last week's Interfaith Fast to End the War in Iraq. I was privileged to host a breaking of the fast gathering in my home last Monday as part of the Interfaith Fast, and that evening, I learned from a Roman Catholic nun named Sister Clare about another justice-centered fast that has been taking place.