Comparison, Obedience, and the Heart of Fasting with Ryan Wekenman- Episode 1052

That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs

Annie F. Downs

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 10.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Ryan Wekenman is back today to help us continue to unpack and better understand the spiritual discipline of fasting. If it’s something you’ve never tried and have always had questions or hesitations about, this conversation is going to be so helpful, especially as we get ready to practice fasting together tomorrow, April 14th! We have a guide for you to use to you have some things to read and pray through. That’s available to all of our paid Substack subscribers over at spirituallystronger.com. If you’re not yet subscribed, it’s never too late to jump us! Ryan also has a brand new book coming out tomorrow called Free Me from Me: Escaping the Maze of Self-Centeredness by Embracing a God-Centered Life and it is excellent. We get to talk about that too and I’m really excited for you to read this book. Find the show notes here . . . . Eddie Kaufholz and I are hitting the road in May and June for The Buddies Tour and we want to see you there! We’re heading to 6 different cities and y’all this is going to be a night of just pure fun. Get your tickets at thebuddiestour.com. . . . . Thank you to our sponsors: This show is sponsored by BetterHelp: Sign up and get 10% off at BetterHelp.com/thatsoundsfun. ELIC: You can learn more at elic.org/thatsoundsfun. Boll and Branch: Get 15% off your first order plus free shipping at BollAndBranch.com/thatsoundsfun with code thatsoundsfun. Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at Shopify.com/soundsfun⁠. Capstone Wellness: Learn more at capstonewellness.com/thatsoundsfun. NYTimes bestselling Christian author, speaker, and host of popular Christian podcast, That Sounds Fun Podcast, Annie F. Downs shares with you some of her favorite things: new books, faith conversations, entertainers not to miss, and interviews with friends. Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:21.3	Music Hi, friends. Welcome to another episode of That Sounds Fun,
1:35.8	spiritually stronger. I'm your host Annie F. Downs. I'm so happy to be here with you today.
1:40.1	I want to remind you that tomorrow, Tuesday, April 14th, we want to invite you to fast with us as a community.
1:47.1	It's a practice day we're setting up for you.
1:49.6	There is no pressure, but we've just gotten some feedback from people going, I want to try this.
1:55.2	And so as we talk about these spiritual disciplines this year, we just want to kind of put them in practice together.
2:02.1	So we're not just talking about how powerful these rhythms are, but we're actually giving you
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