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How should Christians engage with political power in a divided world? Contributor Andy Crouch joins Curtis Chang to trace a path from the courage of the early believers under Caesar to today's crisis-driven politics and the ruling class. Together, they dive into the rise of emergency powers, growing contempt, and the breakdown of civil discourse—and offer a hopeful vision for how the Fruit of the Spirit can reshape both Christian posture and a public life rooted in love, gentleness, and faithfulness. Resources mentioned in this episode: Explaining The Land of Israel Under Roman Rule Matthew 22:21 - "Render therefore unto Caesar..." (multiple versions and explanation) Explaining The Majesty of Herod's Temple Augustus Caesar and the the title Divi filius, “son of a god” (audio) The Holy Roman Empire: The Rise of Medieval Europe (video) Tish Harrison Warren's Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep Fact sheet about PEPFAR Wendell Berry's The Hidden Wound Wendell Berry's ‘The Hidden Wound' at Fifty (article from 2020) Galatians 5:22 - Fruit of the Spirit (multiple versions and explanation) More from Andy Crouch: Interact with Andy's website Check out Andy's work at Praxis Read Andy's book: The Life We're Looking For Read Andy's book: The Tech-Wise Family Good Faith Live “Watch Party” Russell Moore, David French, & Curtis Chang: Trump's First 100 Days Follow Us: Good Faith on Instagram Good Faith on X (formerly Twitter) Good Faith on Facebook Sign up: Redeeming Babel Newsletter
Jessika Sanders returns to share her journey from radical independence and people-pleasing to experiencing God's grace at her lowest point. Her path led her from New York to Turkey, where a turbulent cross-cultural marriage brought her to rock bottom, and to an unexpected encounter with God. Her story highlights the profound difference between religious legalism and a living, grace-based relationship with God. https://www.prayingthroughministries.org/ In His Hands Prayers for Your Child or Baby in Medical Crisis by Jessika Sanders Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep by Tish Harrison Warren The Watchmaker's Daughter by Corrie Ten Boom The Strong Women podcast exists to display the beautifully diverse ways God invites and equips women to participate in His story. Strong Women is a listener-funded program from the Colson Center that is only available for free because it has already been paid for by hundreds of listeners like you. To join the community of women who make this program possible, visit colsoncenter.org/swmonthly today. The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them. Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/ Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly journal: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women Join Strong Women on Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/StrongWomenCC https://www.facebook.com/groups/strongwomencommunitycc/ https://www.instagram.com/strongwomencc/ https://linktr.ee/strongwomencc
Clergy couples: How do they work? Where are the tensions and the graces? Even highly functional, loving, clergy marriages can look so different. Knock, knock – can we come inside your marriage for a peek?In this episode, host Amber Noel gets really nosy. Here are three couples willing to come on the podcast and talk honestly about their clergy couple marriages – what makes them tick, what ticks them off, and how they've learned to value differences, protect each other, and learn grace in community.In this episode we'll hear from:The Rev. Tish Harrison Warren and her husband, the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Warren Pagán. Tish is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America. She is the author of Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life and Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work, or Watch, or Weep. She's written for The New York Times and Christianity Today. Jonathan is planter and rector of Immanuel Anglican Church in Austin, Texas. Together they cowrote the book, Advent: The Season of Hope.The Rev. Dr. Lilian and the Rt. Rev. Given Gaula: Bishop Given has been Bishop of Kondoa, Tanzania, since 2012. Mother Lilian serves in various roles in the diocese of Kondoa, including teaching at the theological college and running a ministry for women's empowerment.The Rev. Melissa and the Very Rev. Randy Hollerith. Melissa has 30 years of ordained ministry under her belt, much of it serving schools. For the past two years, she has been the upper school Chaplain and teacher at St. Albans School in Washington. Randy has served as the Dean of Washington National Cathedral since 2016, and was rector of St. James's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia, for 16 years.We hope you enjoy the conversation.If you haven't yet, register now for TLC's Human Pilgrimage Conference.
Jen sat down (live!) with two first-time podcast guests at the recent CCDA conference: E.K. Strawser and Lisa Rodriguez-Watson. They have an impassioned discussion about the importance of contextualizing discipleship work in the setting of the local congregation, as well as the importance of Western Christians listening to the global church.Books Mentioned in this Episode: If you'd like to order any of the following books, we encourage you to do so from Hearts and Minds Books(An independent bookstore in Dallastown, PA, run by Byron and Beth Borger) Centering Discipleship: A Pathway for Multiplying Spectators into Mature Disciples by E.K. StrawserHow to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. KendiRise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now by Jeff Yang, Phil Yu & Phillip YangPrayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep by Tish Harrison WarrenWhen the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensDemon Copperhead: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver
How does God enter into our daily lives––the mundane, the joyful, and the devastating? Today we're talking to Tish Harrison Warren about her book, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep. How do we allow the Spirit to work through our grief, our joy, and our uncertainty? How do we reconcile faith and hope with a growing awareness of our own limits? Can we trust God to keep bad things from happening to us and those we love––and if not, what kind of trust are we left with? Join us for this vital conversation.Thanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.To learn more about Regent College and our upcoming courses, visit: https://www.regent-college.edu
Holiday culture wars and consumerism bring more chaos than joy to the world. But there's hope. The countercultural season of Advent offers a different way to prepare for Christmas. Tish Harrison Warren, former New York Times columnist and author, talks with Amy Julia Becker about:How the practices of Advent disarm the culture warsWays that Advent helps us grieve and hopeWhy waiting to celebrate Christmas mattersPLUS why Tish chose to leave the New York TimesGive a book for Christmas!__Guest Bio:Tish Harrison Warren is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America. She is a former New York Times columnist the author of Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life (Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year) and Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work, or Watch, or Weep (Christianity Today's 2022 Book of the Year and the 2022 ECPA Christian Book of the Year). Her latest book is Advent: The Season of Hope. She is a founding member of The Pelican Project and a Senior Fellow with the Trinity Forum. She lives with her husband and three children in Austin, Texas.__Connect Online:Visit Tish's website at tishharrisonwarren.comFollow Tish on Instagram: @tishharrisonwarren__On the Podcast:Advent: The Season of HopeMore of Tish's booksTish's final essay at the TimesAmy Julia's books__TRANSCRIPT: amyjuliabecker.com//tish-harrison-warren/__YouTube Channel: video with closed captions__Season 7 of the Love Is Stronger Than Fear podcast connects to themes in my latest book, To Be Made Well, which you can order here! Learn more about my writing and speaking at amyjuliabecker.com.Connect with me: Instagram Facebook Twitter Website Thanks for listening!
"The promise of the resurrection is also that Jesus is still at work today, in our lives. In the present tense. So we wait and we watch for the coming Kingdom when God will finally set things right, be we also wait and watch for glimpses of that Kingdom here and now. - Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
Bonus Episode 38: #GriefAND Lent featuring Tish Harrison Warren. Tish is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America. She is the author of Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life (Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year) and Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work, or Watch, or Weep (Christianity Today's 2022 Book of the Year and 2022 ECPA Christian Book of the Year). Currently, Tish writes a weekly newsletter for The New York Times, and she is a columnist for Christianity Today. Her articles and essays have appeared in Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Comment Magazine, The Point Magazine, The New York Times, and elsewhere. For over a decade, Tish has worked in ministry settings as a campus minister with InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries, as an associate rector, and with addicts and those in poverty through various churches and non-profit organizations. Now, Tish serves as Writer in Residence at Resurrection South Austin. She is a founding member of The Pelican Project and a Senior Fellow with the Trinity Forum. She lives with her husband and three children in the Austin, Texas area.
It's our 3rd annual books of the year episode for This Undivided Life. Scott picked 3 titles, and Troy picked 3 as well. Of the many books we both read, these were our 6 favorite books of the year. Scott's picks: Confronting Injustice Without Compromising Truth: 12 Questions Christians Should Ask About Social Justice by Thaddeus J. Williams According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible by Graeme Goldsworthy Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival by Dean King Troy's Picks: Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep by Tish Harrison Warren Stumbling Toward Eternity: Losing and Finding Ourselves in the Cross of Jesus by Josh White Walk a Little Slower by Tanner Olson
In previous episodes of the Rule of Life podcast, listeners tune in to a roundtable discussion as well as audio-snippets from luminary thinkers, pastors, and apprentices who are following Jesus in the every day. Featured in the Sabbath series (season 1) is luminary thinker, Tish Harrison Warren. This episode of the Rule of Life podcast is the interview between John Mark and Tish in its entirety. In this episode they cover the sacredness of ordinary life, the ethical implications of Sabbath, and the importance of Spiritual, bodily habituation.About TishTish Harrison Warren is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America. She is the author of Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life (Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year) and Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work, or Watch, or Weep (Christianity Today's 2022 Book of the Year and 2022 ECPA Christian Book of the Year).Currently, Tish writes a weekly newsletter for The New York Times, and she is a columnist for Christianity Today. Her articles and essays have appeared in Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Comment Magazine, The Point Magazine, The New York Times, and elsewhere.For over a decade, Tish has worked in ministry settings as a campus minister with InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries, as an associate rector, and with addicts and those in poverty through various churches and non-profit organizations. Now, Tish serves as Writer in Residence at Resurrection South Austin. She is a founding member of The Pelican Project and a Senior Fellow with the Trinity Forum. She lives with her husband and three children in the Austin, Texas area.
"So, if we cannot trust God to keep bad things from happening to us, how do we trust God at all?"In this episode of the Rooted Conference Podcast you'll hear Tish Harrison Warren describing the practices of weeping, watching, and working as ways to help the teenagers you love when they are in a season of grief. She wants us to invite teenagers to read the Psalms regularly, giving them a vocabulary of emotions and leading them to trust the Savior who went through all those emotions for us. Lament in particular is a practice Americans tend to want to avoid, but the Bible invites us to voice our sorrow, angst, anguish, and even doubt directly to God. Warren also invites us to be joyfully expectant that God is at work, and finally, to consider how we might join him in the work of the Kingdom that he is already doing. More resources: Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep by Tish Harrison WarrenRooted Conference Podcast: Tish Harrison Warren, “Why Are You Downcast? What the Promises of God Are (and Are Not) in Suffering"Mystery and Lament: When It Looks Like Your Child's Life is Falling Apart (Rooted Parent) by Cameron ColeRooted Podcast: Joe Gibbes on Joy and Lament in PsalmsIn Stormy Seasons, Remember God's Faithfulness by Dorena Williamson
Pain. We all face it. Can there be a purpose to it? Can it help us become more human, or even better humans? Scott and Troy talk about what can do in helping us become more human, less brittle, less angry if we let it. We talk about Tish Warren's quote in her book Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep..."The people I most respect are those who have suffered but did not numb their pain-who faced their darkness. In the process they have become beautifully weak, not tough as nails, not bitter or rigid, but men and women who bear vulnerability with joy and trust. They are almost luminescent, like a paper lantern, weak enough that the light shines through."
The Hard Things in Life Can Make Us Feel Very Alone Your pain can be extraordinary, even though hardship is an ordinary part of the human experience. Having a framework to guide your prayers can be incredibly, and having a friend to pray with and for you is invaluable in learning that you're never alone. We use Psalm 138 as our guide to the ACTS prayer model today: Adoration Confession Supplication Thanksgiving Music by Vertical Worship Books mentioned Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep by Tish Harrison Warren Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Mark Vroegop
This episode of We Are Vineyard is the second in a 2-part conversation between Jay and Tish Harrison Warren. Tish shares some of her best practices and tangible steps for writing, along with wisdom about how to know what conversations will benefit from contributing your voice. Tish and Jay then discuss the impacts of social media on our thinking, and the damage done to the witness of Jesus by how Christians treat each other online. Finally, Tish shares how her book Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work, or Watch, or Weep came to be, how she discovered she was using theology to avoid real faith questions, and her thoughts on suffering and joy. Tish Harrison Warren is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America. She is the author of Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life (Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year) and Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work, or Watch, or Weep (Christianity Today's 2022 Book of the Year). Currently, Tish writes a weekly newsletter for The New York Times, and she is a columnist for Christianity Today. Her articles and essays have appeared in Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Comment Magazine, The Point Magazine, The New York Times, and elsewhere. For over a decade, Tish has worked in ministry settings as a campus minister with InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries, as an associate rector, and with addicts and those in poverty through various churches and non-profit organizations. Now, Tish serves as Writer in Residence at Resurrection South Austin. She is a founding member of The Pelican Project and a Senior Fellow with the Trinity Forum. She lives with her husband and three children in the Austin, Texas area.
This episode of We Are Vineyard is the first in a 2-part conversation between Jay and Tish Harrison Warren. Tish shares about her youthful realization that she was called to ministry and how she walked that path as a young woman in the Baptist church. They then move into discussing how to navigate marriage and parenting roles when each spouse has a similar calling, and celebrating each other's wholeness in vocation while balancing the practical needs of the family, travel and work schedules. This is a beautiful and honest conversation about gender roles, faith and family. Come back next week for part 2! Tish Harrison Warren is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America. She is the author of Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life (Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year) and Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work, or Watch, or Weep (Christianity Today's 2022 Book of the Year). Currently, Tish writes a weekly newsletter for The New York Times, and she is a columnist for Christianity Today. Her articles and essays have appeared in Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Comment Magazine, The Point Magazine, The New York Times, and elsewhere. For over a decade, Tish has worked in ministry settings as a campus minister with InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries, as an associate rector, and with addicts and those in poverty through various churches and non-profit organizations. Now, Tish serves as Writer in Residence at Resurrection South Austin. She is a founding member of The Pelican Project and a Senior Fellow with the Trinity Forum. She lives with her husband and three children in the Austin, Texas area.
Today on the podcast, I had the real privilege of getting to talk to Tish Harrison Warren. She's a priest in the Anglican Church in North America as well as an author. She's written Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life, which won Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year and Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work, or Watch, or Weep, which won Christianity Today's 2022 Book of the Year. And releasing May 31 of this year, she has written Little Prayers for Ordinary Days. In addition to all of that she currently writes a weekly newsletter for The New York Times, which you should subscribe to, and she is a columnist for Christianity Today. Her articles and essays have appeared in Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Comment Magazine, The Point Magazine, The New York Times, and elsewhere. For over a decade, Tish has worked in ministry settings as a campus minister with InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries, as an associate rector, and with addicts and those in poverty through various churches and non-profit organizations. Now, Tish serves as Writer in Residence at Resurrection South Austin. She is a founding member of The Pelican Project and a Senior Fellow with the Trinity Forum. She lives with her husband and three children in the Austin, Texas area. In today's conversation, we talk about all the things. We talk about her books Liturgy for the Ordinary, Prayer in the Night and her new release, Little Prayers for Ordinary Days. We talk about her faith journey, the liturgies that form our daily lives, and finding God in the suffering—the importance of liturgical prayer to give us words when we don't have the words. We also talk about how we can take God off trial and rest in his goodness, love and mercy in the midst of difficult and sad seasons through the hope of the resurrection. And now let's listen to my conversation with Tish!
Tish Harrison Warren expands on thoughts from her most recent book Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work, or Watch, or Weep, especially the prayer of parents who long for God to "shield the joyous" and protect their kids in their suffering.Warren is also the author of Christianity Today's 2018 book of the year Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life. An Anglican priest, wife. and mother of three, Warren writes a weekly newsletter for The New York Times.
In this episode, Heather talks with bestselling author Tish Harrison Warren about prayer and what it means to communicate with God during our seasons of suffering. Tish explains how sometimes your prayer life doesn't need more words, but more silence. Tish's honest insights will encourage you on how to navigate the vulnerability of the human experience, and how to keep praying even when God feels far away. Tish Harrison Warren is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America. She is the author of Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life (Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year) and Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work, or Watch, or Weep (Christianity Today's 2022 Book of the Year). She writes a weekly newsletter for The New York Times, and she is a monthly columnist for CT. Reach out to Heather at heatherthompsonday.com, on Twitter @HeatherTDay, and on Instagram @heatherthompsonday. Viral Jesus is a production of Christianity Today Host and creator: Heather Thompson Day Producer: Loren Joseph Executive Producer: Ed Gilbreath Director of CT Podcasts: Mike Cosper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Joel hops into the host seat for a fun and freewheeling conversation with a few ERB reviewers about recent publications they've written about, what they are looking forward to in publishing, and of course, what we are all currently reading.Justin Cober-Lake is a pastor in central Virginia. He holds an M.A. in American Studies from the University of Virginia and has worked in academic publishing for the past 15 years. His editing and freelance writing have focused mostly on cultural criticism, particularly pop music.Sara Easterly is an adoptee and the author of the award-winning memoir, Searching for Mom, and a member of the Redbud Writers Guild and Freedom Road Institute's Global Writers' Group. Her adoption- and faith-focused articles and essays have been published by Psychology Today, Red Letter Christians, Godspace, Her View From Home, and Severance Magazine, to name a few. Sara is also the founder of Adoptee Voices, leading writing groups and managing an e-Zine to help other adoptees express their stories. Find her online at saraeasterly.com.Books Mentioned in this Episode:If you'd like to order any of the following books, we encourage you to do so from Hearts and Minds Books(An independent bookstore in Dallastown, PA, run by Byron and Beth Borger) How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and the Work of Peace by Melissa Florer-BixlerJustin's Review of "How to Have an Enemy" on ERBPlaying God: Redeeming the Gift of Power by Andy CrouchFortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World - And How to Repair it All by Lisa Sharon HarperSara's Review of "Fortune" on ERBUnsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery by March Charles and Soong-Chan RahChristian Ethics: A New Covenant Model by Hak Joon LeeJustin's Review of "Christian Ethics" on ERBThe Crucifixion of the Warrior God: Interpreting the Old Testament's Violent Portraits of God in Light of the Cross by Greg BoydCross Vision: How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence by Greg BoydAll the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Hope - and Hard Pills to Swallow - About Fighting for Black Lives by Andre HenryMy Body is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church by Amy KennyBeyond Welcome: Centering Immigrants in Our Christian Response to Immigration by Karen GonzalezEverything Sad is Untrue (a true story) by Daniel NayeriThe Destruction of the Canaanites: God, Genocide and Biblical Interpretation by Charlie TrimmThe Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob DylanStamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. KendiHow (and why) to make your lover's head disappear by Gero MannellaPrayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep by Tish Harrison WarrenHow to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael SchurThe Goldfinch: A Novel by Donna TarttThe War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyReimagining Adoption: What Adoptees Seek from Family and Faith by Sally Ankerfelt and Gayle SwiftHeretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation by Peter MarshallNemesis Games by James S. A. Corey
Tish Books:Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life (Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year) Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work, or Watch, or Weep (Christianity Today's 2022 Book of the Year). Join us for the Rooted Conference 2022 in Kansas City on October 6-8, 2022.
Jen hosts a freewheeling conversation with Chris and Joel about their collective reading habits in 2021, how they identify books for "lists" like this, and of course, which titles rose to the top as their favorite reading experiences in 2021. A host of various ERB contributors also chime in with their favorites of the year. Books and Writing Mentioned:If you'd like to order any of the following books, we encourage you to do so from Hearts and Minds Books(An independent bookstore in Dallastown, PA, run by Byron and Beth Borger) Means of Grace: A Year of Weekly Devotions by Fleming RutledgeLifting the Veil: Imagination and the Kingdom of God by Malcolm GuiteHow the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery by Clint SmithThe First Nations Version of the New TestamentThe Congregation in a Secular Age: Keeping Sacred Time Against the Speed of Modern Life by Andrew RootJoel's Review of 'The Congregation in a Secular Age' for ERBSubversive Witness: Scripture's Call to Leverage Privilege by Dominique Dubois GilliardWhite Picket Fences: Turning Toward Love in a World Divided by Privilege by Amy Julia BeckerBecoming Friends of Time: Disability, Timefullness and Gentle Discipleship by John SwintonOn Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula BissPrayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep by Tish Harrison WarrenDear White Peacemakers: Dismantling Racism with Grit and Grace by Osheta MooreThe Last Graduate: A Novel by Naomi NovikThe Memory of Babel: Book Three of the Mirror Visitor Quartet by Christelle DabosProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth by Beth Allison BarrThe Creationists: From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design by Ronald NumbersOne Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America by Kevin KruseWas America Founded as a Christian Nation? by John FeaJesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du MezCarved in Ebony: Lessons From the Black Women Who Shape Us by by Jasmine HolmesThe Hare With Amber Eyes: An Inheritance by Edmund De WaalLetters to Camondo by Edmund De WaalLast Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal by George PackerTribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian JungerGreat Circle: A Novel by Maggie ShipsteadLight Perpetual: A Novel by Francis SpuffordUnapologetic: Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still Make Surprising Emotional Sense by Francis SpuffordLeadership, God's Agency and Disruptions: Confronting Modernity's Wager by Mark Lau Branson and Alan RoxburghShoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle by Dante StewartHamnet by Maggie O'FarrellI Am, I Am, I Am : Seventeen Brushes With Death by Maggie O'FarrellA Year of Reading by John Wilson (For First Things Magazine)The Hermits of Big Sur by Paula HustonA Line of Driftwood: The Ada Blackjack Story by Diane GlancyThe Everlasting People: G.K. Chesterton and the First Nations by Matthew MillinerBook Notes Newsletter (from Hearts and Minds Bookstore)
"We are creatures in time."Today, the Reverend Tish Harrison Warren explores patience as spiritual formation. She's an Anglican priest and author of Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life, which was Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year, and Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work, or Watch, or Weep. She recently started a weekly newsletter on faith in private and public life for The New York Times.She reflects on the human demand for control in both ordinary and extraordinary life events, from the line at the supermarket to the cancer ward; the recognition of human vulnerability and just hating the fact that we can't control what happens next; the temptation to break out of time; and the difficult balance between the urgent need for justice and the acceptance of our human and societal limits. The entire conversation is illuminated by the beauty of what Hans Urs Von Balthasar calls “the meekness of the Lamb which is led.”Part 6 of a 6-episode series on Patience, hosted by Ryan McAnnally-Linz.About Tish Harrison WarrenTish Harrison Warren is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America. She is the author of Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life, which was Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year, and Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work, or Watch, or Weep. She has worked in ministry settings for over a decade as a campus minister with InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries, as an associate rector, and with addicts and those in poverty through various churches and non-profit organizations. Currently, she is Writer in Residence at Resurrection South Austin. She is a monthly columnist with Christianity Today, and her articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Comment Magazine, The Point Magazine, and elsewhere. She is a founding member of The Pelican Project and a Senior Fellow with the Trinity Forum. She lives with her husband and three children in the Austin, Texas area.Show Notes"Part of becoming more patient is noticing how impatient you are. ... It's so not-linear."Kids will slow you down and expose your impatiencePatience often looks like other things—"it looks like contentment, it looks like trust, it looks like endurance."Patience and humility: "We are not the President of the United States. Things can go on without us.""Our entire life is lived in a posture of waiting."Waiting for the eschaton, the return of Christ, and things set rightThe illusion of control—James 4:13-14Has Urs Von Balthasar: "God intended man to have all good, but in his, God's, time and therefore all disobedience, all sin consists essentially in breaking out of time. Hence the restoration of order by the Son of God had to be the annulment of that premature snatching at knowledge, the beating down of the hand, outstretched toward eternity, the repentant return from a false, swift transfer of eternity to a true, slow confinement in time. Hence the importance of patience in the New Testament, which becomes the basic constituent of Christianity. More central, even the humility, the power to wait, to persevere, to hold out, to endure to the end, not to transcend one's own limitations, not to force issues by playing the hero or the titan, but to practice the virtue that lies beyond heroism: the meekness of the Lamb which is led.""We are creatures in time."Robert Wilken: "singular mark of patience is hope"Activism and patience together"Patience can get a bad rap, that Christians are just wanting to become bovine."Patience but not quietism, a long wait but not gradualismThe ultimate need to discern the momentClarence Jordan and Martin Luther King Jr.The practices of discernment for individuals and communitiesSocial media trains us to be impatientThe meaning of urgent change is changingInternet advocacy and a connected world makes us less patient people"It takes real work to slow down and listen to another person's perspective, especially if you disagree with them."We often don't have the patience to even understand someone else.Real conversations with real peopleSilence, solitude"Having a body requires an enormous amount of patience.""My kids are so slow. They're the one's teaching me to be patient!"Little hardships of boredom and discomfort"Life with a body and life with real people inevitably involves patience.""Patience is something we learn our way out of through privilege and through being, you know, important adults."Production NotesThis podcast featured priest and author the Reverend Tish Harrison Warren and theologian Ryan McAnnally-LinzEdited and Produced by Evan RosaHosted by Evan RosaProduction Assistance by Martin Chan & Nathan JowersA Production of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School https://faith.yale.edu/aboutSupport For the Life of the World podcast by giving to the Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/give
As we close our Decide Don't Slide series, today we turn our minds to spiritual questions like, "Is God good?" and, "Can I believe in God even when there is so much suffering?" To consider these questions, and many others, Jessica is welcoming her friend Tish Harrison Warren to the show. Tish is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America and is the author of Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life and Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work, or Watch, or Weep. Show Links — For more on Tish's work: tishharrisonwarren.com — Head to Jessica Honegger's website for info on her book, newsletter, transcripts of Going Scared episodes, and more! https://jessicahonegger.com/ Jessica's Social IG- https://www.instagram.com/jessicahonegger/ FB — https://www.facebook.com/jessicahoneggerofficial T — https://twitter.com/jessicahonegger/ LI — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicahonegger/
The Hard Things in Life Can Make Us Feel Very Alone Your pain can be extraordinary, even though hardship is an ordinary part of the human experience. Having a framework to guide your prayers can be incredibly, and having a friend to pray with and for you is invaluable in learning that you're never alone. We use Psalm 138 as our guide to the ACTS prayer model today: Adoration Confession Supplication Thanksgiving Books mentioned Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep by Tish Harrison Warren Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Mark Vroegop
How can we learn to be honest about our doubt and despair during dark times while also holding on to hope? Rev. Tish Harrison Warren joins us to share what she has learned about trusting God in the dark, the topic of her new book Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch [...]
How can we learn to be honest about our doubt and despair during dark times while also holding on to hope? Rev. Tish Harrison Warren joins us to share what she has learned about trusting God in the dark, the topic of her new book Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch [...]
How does God enter into our daily lives––the mundane, the joyful, and the devastating? Today we're talking to Tish Harrison Warren about her new book, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep. How do we allow the Spirit to work through our grief, our joy, and our uncertainty? How do we reconcile faith and hope with a growing awareness of our own limits? Can we trust God to keep bad things from happening to us and those we love––and if not, what kind of trust are we left with? Join us for this vital conversation.To learn more about Regent College and its upcoming courses visit:www.regent-college.edu/
Jen is joined by three great guests for a live conversation (as well as an abundance of recorded contributions from other guests) for a wide-ranging and freewheeling conversation about our favorite books of 2020.C. Christopher Smith is the Founding Editor of The Englewood Review of Books and the author of a number of books, including most recently How the Body of Christ Talks, published by Brazos in 2019.John Wilson is the former editor of Books & Culture. He is now Contributing Editor for The Englewood Review of Books.Sarah Arthur is the author of a dozen books on the intersection of faith and great literature, including the award-winning A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L'Engle. She served as co-director of the first-ever Madeleine L'Engle Conference “Walking on Water” at the end of 2019 and will co-lead the L'Engle Writing Retreat in northwest CT, tentatively rescheduled for November 2021. You can learn more about her work at her website saraharthur.info. Sarah is currently writing fiction and a preliminary fiction judge of the CT Book awardsBooks mentioned in this episode:A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L'Engle by Sarah ArthurA Long Time Comin' by Robin PearsonKeys to Bonhoeffer's Haus: Exploring the World and Wisdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Laura FabryckyDeacon King Kong by James McBrideThe Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBrideThe Good Lord Bird by James McBrideSex and the City of God: A Memoir of Love and Longing by Carolyn WeberRhythms for Life: Spiritual Practices for Who God Made You to Be by Alastair SterneCaste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel WilkersonWhat It's Like to be a Bird by David Allen SibleyEast of Eden by John SteinbeckSisters by Daisy JohnsonDorothy and Jack: The Transforming Friendship of Dorothy Sayers and C.S. Lewis by Gina DalfonzoThe Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism and the Road to Sexual Revolution by Carl TruemanThe Last Children of Mill Creek by Vivian GibsonMidwest Futures by Phil ChristmanGentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane OrtlundA Prayer for Orion: A Son's Addiction and a Mother's Love by Katherine JamesCan You See Anything Now? by Katherine JamesTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiKnow My Name: A Memoir by Chanel MillerEverything Sad Is Untrue: A True Story by Daniel NayeriOrdinary Hazards: A Memoir by Nikki GrimesClass Act by Jerry CraftWhen God Made the World by Matthew Paul TurnerJesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du MezA Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome in Search of a Faith by Timothy EganThe Uncontrollability of the World by Harmut RosaCharis in the World of Wonders: A Novel Set in Puritan New England by Marly YoumansLiving Things: Collected Poems by Anne PorterOne Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder by Brian DoyleThe Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath by Leslie JamisonLegacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki GrimesArt & Faith: A Theology of Making by Makoto FujimuraHow to Fight Racism by Jemar TisbyA Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep by Tish Harrison WarrenAntiquities by Cynthia OzickA Burning in My Bones: The Authorized Biography of Eugene Peterson by Winn Collier
Jen is joined by Tish Harrison Warren and Stina Kielsmeier-Cook for a deep and heartfelt conversation about reading through doubt, suffering and vulnerability.Stina Kielsmeier-Cook is a writer living in Minneapolis. (You may remember her from Episode 3!) She has a graduate diploma in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies and loves to talk about public policy, parenting, and her neighborhood. She works as Director of Communications at the Collegeville Institute, where she is also the managing editor of Bearings Online. Her first book, Blessed Are the Nones: Mixed-Faith Marriage and My Search for Spiritual Community released earlier this year with InterVarsity Press.Tish Harrison Warren is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America. She has worked in a variety of ministry settings and is currently Writer in Residence at Church of the Ascension in Pittsburgh. She is the author of the bestselling and award-winning book Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life, and her widely anticipated second book will be releasing this coming January. It's called Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep.Books mentioned in this conversation:Blessed Are the Nones: Mixed-Faith Marriage and My Search for Spiritual Community by Stina Kielsmeier-CookLiturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life by Tish Harrison WarrenPrayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep by Tish Harrison WarrenEndgame and Act Without Words by Samuel BeckettTao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Book of Mormon Girl: A Memoir of an American Faith by Joanna BrooksAll the Colors We Will See: Reflections on Barriers, Brokenness and Finding Our Way by Patrice GopoAereopagitica by John MiltonThe Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices by Casper ter KuileA Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss by Jerry SittserTherefore I Have Hope: 12 Truths That Comfort, Sustain and Redeem in Tragedy by Cameron ColeLament for a Son by Nicholas WolterstorffThe End of Suffering: Finding Purpose in Pain by Scott CairnsRejoicing in Lament: Wrestling with Incurable Cancer and Life in Christ by J. Todd BillingsThe End of the Christian Life: How Embracing Our Mortality Frees Us to Truly Live by J. Todd BillingsLit: A Memoir by Mary KarrEverything Happens For a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved by Kate BowlerThe Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist by Dorothy DayEducated: A Memoir by Tara WestoverHere If You Need Me: A True Story by Kate BraestrupThe Light of the World: A Memoir by Elizabeth AlexanderListening for God: A Minister's Journey Through Silence and Doubt by Renita WeemsHannah Coulter: A Novel by Wendell BerryOn Witness and Respair: A Personal Tragedy Followed by Pandemic by Jesmyn Ward (Vanity Fair Piece)Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks & A Writer's Life by Kathleen NorrisReading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope by Esau McCaulleyRemnants: A Memoir of Spirit, Activism and Mothering by Rosemarie Freeney HardingSanctuary: Being Christian in the Wake of Trump by Heidi NeumarkAwakened by Death: Life-Giving Lessons from the Mystics by Christiana PetersonA Book of Silence by Sara MaitlandA Young People's History of the United States: Columbus to the War on Terror by Howard ZinnThere is a Future: A Year of Daily Midrash by Amy Bornman