{"id":32084,"date":"2017-03-01T07:54:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T12:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=32084"},"modified":"2017-06-21T13:55:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T17:55:14","slug":"cjp-executive-director-begins-forty-day-fast-healing-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/cjp-executive-director-begins-forty-day-fast-healing-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"CJP executive director begins forty-day &#8216;Fast for Healing Justice&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In preparation for his 40-day fast, which begins today, Ash Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/jb459\">Daryl Byler<\/a> has made a few changes to his recreational reading. This lawyer, ordained minister and executive director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/cjp\">Center for Justice and Peacebuilding<\/a> at Eastern Mennonite University favors non-fiction and legal thrillers.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, however, Byler has been meditating on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/devotion\/daily\/2017\/3\/1\/\">Presbyterian daily\u00a0lectionary<\/a> <span class=\"_Tgc\">\u2013<\/span> the faith tradition of President Donald J. Trump <span class=\"_Tgc\">\u2013<\/span> and listening to the thoughts and ideologies that Trump has expressed in his many books.<\/p>\n<p>Listening is just one of a few simple actions Byler will focus on for the next 40 days.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\">Follow the fast on Twitter @jdarylbyler and on the <a href=\"https:\/\/healingjusticefast.wordpress.com\/\">blog<\/a>. To view an interview, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whsv.com\/content\/news\/1on1-An-EMU-leader-is-doing-a-40-day-fast-415720253.html\">here<\/a>.<\/aside>\n<p>Each day, Byler will also publish 140 words, based on\u00a0the lectionary\u00a0and the theme of healing justice. He\u2019ll post them to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/healingjusticefast.wordpress.com\/\">blog<\/a> and then <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%40jdarylbyler&amp;src=typd&amp;lang=en\">tweet<\/a>\u00a0a\u00a0link\u00a0to Trump, Trump\u2019s spiritual advisors, and a host of others, conservative and liberal alike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to see President Trump begin to work collaboratively with our diverse leaders to heal this country\u2019s deep divisions and inequalities,\u201d Byler said. \u201cThe president needs to set the tone, but the healing that this country needs is everybody\u2019s business. The justice issues are broad systemic issues. We can\u2019t address one without working on the other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Byler says he turns to fasting, considered one of the great spiritual disciplines with prayer and meditation, when \u201caction is uncertain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFasting for me is a way of centering and calling attention to important issues,\u201d Byler said. \u201cTypically in the Bible, fasting is used at a time when there does seem to be a lot at stake, as an expression of placing oneself in a posture of deeply listening to God and one\u2019s self and to others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The listening is an important action as well, \u201cwhich we don\u2019t do enough of in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He hopes the letters will invite a dialogue. Included in his list are Vice President Mike Pence, and prominent evangelicals Paula White, Jerry Falwell, Jr., James Dobson and Franklin Graham, among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the letters are focused on the president,\u201d Byler said, \u201che alone is not responsible for the divisions in the country or to work at healing and justice. We are all responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not Byler\u2019s first fast in times of inner and outer turmoil: he made a 40-day Fast for Peace in 2003, as the United States was building a case for engaging in the Iraq War. At the time, he was head of Mennonite Central Committee\u2019s Washington D.C. office.<\/p>\n<p>His fast, shared on the MCC website, drew attention from Mennonites but also \u201cmoving letters\u201d from others of many faiths around the world. \u201cParticularly the people in the Middle East were grateful for someone paying attention to a war that was going impact their region, and doing this in a spiritual form they were familiar with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Byler already knows the effect of this fast on his body and mind: \u201cBecause I\u2019ve done this before, I know that for me the process is one of great centering and focus, of seeking discernment and guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He invites people to join him for a day or more, and to <a href=\"https:\/\/healingjusticefast.wordpress.com\/\">share thoughts<\/a> on his blog.<\/p>\n<p>To see an interview, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whsv.com\/content\/news\/1on1-An-EMU-leader-is-doing-a-40-day-fast-415720253.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In preparation for his 40-day fast, which begins today, Ash Wednesday, Daryl Byler has made a few changes to his recreational reading. 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