An Unfamiliar Emptiness
On fasting, fatness, and figs
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3 min readApr 10, 2022
My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast,
and my mouth praises you with joyful lips
Psalm 63:5 NRSV
The King James Version translates ‘a rich feast’ as ‘marrow and fatness’, and what I wouldn’t give for some marrow right now. I just broke a 40ish-hour fast, on a Friday (so no meat), during Lent…
