MEDIA FAST
CHALLENGE
STARTS LENT 2025
Sign up for weekly videos, Scripture reflections, and prayers from Sr. Nancy Usselmann, FSP, author of Media Fasting, to help you unplug from your devices and recharge in Christ this Lent.
TAKE THE MEDIA FAST CHALLENGE
Create a personalized media fasting plan and grow in faith through weekly Scripture passages, reflections, prayers, and practical tips on using media in a healthier, holier way.
" ... a powerful, practical, six-week media fasting plan that anyone and everyone can follow.”
JONATHAN ROUMIE
Actor and voice-over artist
RECHARGE YOUR LIFE IN CHRIST
Do you ever feel sluggish, overwhelmed, or anxious after spending too much time in front of a screen? Does the constant pressure of staying digitally connected with people, ideas, and the latest trends leave you feeling disconnected—from yourself, from others, and from God?
Recharge your spiritual life, relationships, and sense of well-being this Lent with the Media Fast Challenge. This six-week email series, based on the book Media Fasting: Six Weeks to Recharge in Christ by Sister Nancy Usselmann, FSP, offers spiritual and practical support to help you embrace a more balanced lifestyle, use technology more intentionally, and integrate your faith with your media experience.
ABOUT THE SERIES
Fortify your Lenten journey with spiritual insights and practical support to help you design and undertake a six-week media fast. This series includes:
- A printable guide to help you evaluate your current media habits and create a personalized media fasting plan
- Weekly emails with themed Scripture passages, video reflections by Sister Nancy Usselmann, journaling questions, media challenges, and prayers
- Downloadable desktop and phone wallpaper to remind you (and others) of your fast
- Practical tips to help you sustain a healthy relationship with media long after your fast is over
RECHARGE YOUR LIFE IN CHRIST
Do you ever feel sluggish, overwhelmed, or anxious after spending too much time in front of a screen? Does the constant pressure of staying digitally connected with people, ideas, and the latest trends leave you feeling disconnected—from yourself, from others, and from God?
Recharge your spiritual life, relationships, and sense of well-being this Lent with the Media Fast Challenge. This six-week email series, based on the book Media Fasting: Six Weeks to Recharge in Christ by Sister Nancy Usselmann, FSP, offers spiritual and practical support to help you embrace a more balanced lifestyle, use technology more intentionally, and integrate your faith with your media experience.
ABOUT THE SERIES
Fortify your Lenten journey with spiritual insights and practical support to help you design and undertake a six-week media fast. This series includes:
- A printable guide to help you evaluate your current media habits and create a personalized media fasting plan
- Weekly emails with themed Scripture passages, video reflections by Sister Nancy Usselmann, journaling questions, media challenges, and prayers
- Downloadable desktop and phone wallpaper to remind you (and others) of your fast
- Practical tips to help you sustain a healthy relationship with media long after your fast is over
ABOUT MEDIA FASTING
"... well-crafted and timely.... If you read and put this book into practice, you will love the results.”
—Fr. Timothy Gallagher, OMV, author of The Discernment of Spirits: An Ignatian Guide for Everyday Living
"... a practical and spiritually aware approach to breaking chains within our media engagement ... to live in the freedom, purpose, and abundance of life with Christ.”
—Sr. Orianne Pietra René Dyck, FSP, social media manager and media missionary
The Media Fast Challenge email series is based on the book Media Fasting: Six Weeks to Recharge in Christ by Sister Nancy Usselmann, a book of practical strategies and daily spiritual reflections to help you use media in a healthy, holy way.
ABOUT MEDIA FASTING
"... well-crafted and timely.... If you read and put this book into practice, you will love the results.”
—Fr. Timothy Gallagher, OMV, author of The Discernment of Spirits: An Ignatian Guide for Everyday Living
The Media Fast Challenge email series is based on the book Media Fasting: Six Weeks to Recharge in Christ by Sister Nancy Usselmann, a book of practical strategies and daily spiritual reflections to help you use media in a healthy, holy way.
ABOUT MEDIA FASTING
"... well-crafted and timely.... If you read and put this book into practice, you will love the results.”
—Fr. Timothy Gallagher, OMV, author of The Discernment of Spirits: An Ignatian Guide for Everyday Living
The Media Fast Challenge email series is based on the book Media Fasting: Six Weeks to Recharge in Christ by Sister Nancy Usselmann, a book of practical strategies and daily spiritual reflections to help you use media in a healthy, holy way.
ABOUT MEDIA FASTING
"... well-crafted and timely.... If you read and put this book into practice, you will love the results.”
—Fr. Timothy Gallagher, OMV, author of The Discernment of Spirits: An Ignatian Guide for Everyday Living
The Media Fast Challenge email series is based on the book Media Fasting: Six Weeks to Recharge in Christ by Sister Nancy Usselmann, FSP, featuring daily reflections to help you thoroughly examine your relationship with media and adopt healthier, holier ways to use media in ways that support—rather than inhibit—your relationships with God, others, and yourself.
ABOUT MEDIA FASTING
"... well-crafted and timely.... If you read and put this book into practice, you will love the results.”
—Fr. Timothy Gallagher, OMV, author of The Discernment of Spirits: An Ignatian Guide for Everyday Living
The Media Fast Challenge email series is based on the book Media Fasting: Six Weeks to Recharge in Christ by Sister Nancy Usselmann, FSP, featuring daily reflections to help you thoroughly examine your relationship with media and adopt healthier, holier ways to use media in ways that support—rather than inhibit—your relationships with God, others, and yourself.
MEET YOUR GUIDE
Sister Nancy Usselmann, FSP, is a Daughter of St. Paul, the Director of Pauline Media Studies, and the author of Media Fasting: Six Weeks to Recharge with Christ. As a media literacy educator, speaker, writer, and film/TV reviewer, she presents ways to engage thoughtfully with popular media using faith values and spirituality. When not praying or sharing life with her community of sisters, Sister Nancy can often be seen at red carpet premieres and on film panels around Hollywood.
MEET YOUR GUIDE
Sister Nancy Usselmann, FSP, is a Daughter of St. Paul, the Director of Pauline Media Studies, and the author of Media Fasting: Six Weeks to Recharge with Christ. As a media literacy educator, speaker, writer, and film/TV reviewer, she presents ways to engage thoughtfully with popular media using faith values and spirituality. When not praying or sharing life with her community of sisters, Sister Nancy can often be seen at red carpet premieres and on film panels around Hollywood.
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