My first book, Fasting, releases today from Crossway! It’s an 80-page booklet that forms part of The Gospel Coalition’s new Disciplines of Devotion series. Each volume presents an introduction to a different spiritual discipline and aims to help women cultivate a life of devotion to the Lord. The other volumes releasing today are Sabbath Rest (Megan Hill) and Prayer (Courtney Reissig).

Here’s the publisher’s description:

 

Keeping up with our do-it-all culture is not only exhausting, it can also hinder us from seeking the Lord. How can we grow in devotion to God in a world of endless distractions? TGC’s Disciplines of Devotion series helps women cultivate a life of devotion to the Lord by building simple, biblical practices into their days.

 

In this volume, Cassie Achermann invites women to stir their affections for God by fasting. She considers what biblical fasting is; ways to fast prayerfully, both alone and in community; and how fasting increases our dependence on God. Brief, biblically rich, and highly practical, Disciplines of Devotion booklets are ideal for individual or small-group study.