I've written about fasting here before, but as it the season of Lent I stumbled upon something that is uniquely fitting and totally inspiring. The Washington Association of Churches (the WAC) is calling for folks to participate in their fast during Holy Week, April 18-22. The WAC isn't fasting in observance of Holy Week, however. The organization is gathering folks to participate in the fast as physical protest and witness to the Washington State budget plan. Following the example of extremely influential champions of justice such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela (not to mention JC), the WAC describes the fast as having "great spiritual power."
Not into fasting? That's cool too. The WAC offers several ways to join in the protest, from going to the state capitol in Olympia and fasting in community, to simply taking 20-30 minutes to reach out to state legislators and voice concern. Whatever action you take, you can register with the WAC and let them know you are in solidarity with the marginalized Washingtonians that are most greatly impacted by state budget cuts--the homeless, the sick, the hungry, the elderly and the children. This earns some major points in my book for Washington state religious communities.
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