I think so many of us are longing for a faith that meets us right where we are. A faith that we can practice in school car line. At work. On a hospital bed. During a pandemic. A faith that is not merely escapism or triumphalism but a real faith in Christ that works not for the benefits it gives us, but for the ways it opens us up to the mystery of God. A faith that leaves room for questions, doubts, and one in which we don’t have to perform to perfection.
That’s why I love the writing of Tish Harrison Warren. Listen to these book titles: Liturgy of the Ordinary. Prayer In The Night. And her most recent, What Grows in Wearly Lands: On Christian Resilience. Tish formerly wrote a weekly newsletter about faith for The New York Times. She serves as the C.S. Lewis Theological Write-in-residence at Truett Seminary’s Anglican Episcopal House of Studies. She is a senior fellow with the Trinity Forum and an assisting priest at Immanuel Anglican Church.
In this conversation we talk about Christian resilience, what we can learn from the first thousand years of church history, the writings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, and Tish’s spiritual journey from the Southern Baptist Church to the PCA to now becoming a priest in the Anglican Church.
Topics Covered:
- Writing in the midst of a busy life
- The frustration of writing and how to get it done
- Writing to teach ideas vs writing to convey beauty
- Reflections on evangelicalism in Tish’s early years
- Tish’s journey to becoming an Anglican priest
- Why we need the first 1000 years of the church
- Who the Desert Fathers and Mothers are and what we can learn from them
Resources Mentioned:
- What Grows In Weary Lands: On Christian Resilience by Tish Harrison Warren
- Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep by Tish Harrison Warren
- Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices In Everyday Life by Tish Harrison Warren
- Advent: The Season of Hope by Tish Harrison Warren
- Make Your Home In This Luminous Dark: Mysticism, Art, And The Path of Unknowing by James K.A. Smith
- Desiring The Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, And Cultural Formation by James K.A. Smith
- You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit by James K.A. Smith
- Liturgies of the Wild: Myths That Make Us by Martin Shaw
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