Christ would like to so possess us, and cleanse us, and remake us, that everyone who sees us would say we are "new and improved."
-- from the sermon for Lent 5

Beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing through Pentecost, Barbara Brokhoff challenges Christians to consider a holy fast for the soul.

Using Scriptures from the Old Testament books and the New Testament book of Acts, this book provides seventeen sermons for use in the Common Lectionary.

Sermon titles include:
Fasting in a Fast-food World (Joel 2:1-2, 12-17a)
Healing For The Past (Joshua 5:9-12)
Fresh Bread and New Wine (Jeremiah 31:31-34)
Obedience is an Ugly Word! (Acts 5:27-32)

Barbara Brokhoff is an approved evangelist for the United Methodist Church, Florida Conference. She has served as a United Methodist pastor for fifteen years and presently travels across the United States preaching at camp meetings, conferences, and pastors' schools. This is her seventh book published by CSS.