Chanequa Walker-Barnes, a professor of practical theology and pastoral care at Columbia Theological Seminary in Georgia, has an unusual approach to Lent. Instead of giving up chocolate or fasting, “sometimes I’ll say I’m giving up self-neglect,” she told me. For Lent two years ago she began blogging through “40 Days of Self-Care.” She committed each […]
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I Tried Rishi Sunak’s 36-Hour Fast Diet
Someone had to do it. Someone had to go: Rishi Sunak, the person who runs the country has come out on record saying that from Sunday evening to Tuesday morning, he fasts, and therefore, I should try it. That person, for VICE, is me. Like all things emerging health, the evidence of pros and cons […]
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