Melissa Taylor stirs a steaming pot of soup atop the stove in her north side kitchen.
There are lentils and carrots, tomatoes and celery, a bay leaf that bobs to the surface with each turn of the wooden spoon. It’s a feast, by some standards, famine by others — and a staple for the spiritual journey on which she and her husband, Josh Taylor, will soon embark.
Come Monday, the Taylors will begin a 21-day “Daniel fast,” a Biblically inspired period of prayer and relative deprivation, various versions of which have become increasingly popular in evangelical Christian circles.