Tag: prayer and fasting

• The Forgotten Disciplines of Healing

  Why have prayer and fasting largely disappeared from modern medicine and religious life? A reflection on biblical fasting, scientific discoveries, a personal 21-day fast, and the forgotten discipline of spiritual and physical renewal.

  RMDell’Orfano

  May 19, 2026

  Religion, Science, Wellness

  ancient practices, biblical fasting, Christian fasting, contemplation, Diabetes, early Church fasting, extended fasting, faith and health, fasting benefits, healing and fasting, hypertension, Matthew 17:21, obesity, physical renewal, prayer and fasting, Scripture meditation, spiritual clarity, spiritual discipline, water fasting, Wellness