Tish Harrison Warren: What Grows in Weary Lands

“Stability of the heart cannot come in isolation. It comes in community. It comes with the long haul — failing and getting up again. It comes with not living a life to minimize risk, and not living a life to minimize friction. We’re not seeking ease, but to live a life that is full of resilience.” — Tish Harrison Warren

Author and priest Tish Harrison Warren joins us on the podcast to talk about the ways we faithfully persevere in the middle seasons of life.

When we are fatigued by the daily slog of work and chores and everyday life, how can we find the hope to persevere? Author and priest Tish Harrison Warren joins us on the podcast to discuss her recent book What Grows in Weary Lands: On Christian Resilience. In our conversation, Tish helps us to acknowledge the fact that although we will have periods in life that feel spiritually dull and arduous, we can look at ways that we can dig deeper to find the stamina we need to persist with the good work we are called to do. Through her exploration of this expansive topic, Tish encourages us to be gentle with ourselves, finding way to ease the daily burden and point us toward nourishment and joy. Also, as a bonus, Tish’s publisher has shared a chapter from her book that you can check out in our show notes, so take a look there. And if you listen to the end of the credits, you’ll hear an excerpt from our interview where Tish talks about a former editor at The Well and the profound influence she has had on Tish’s writing life.

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— Ann Boyd

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Further resources for this interview:

• What Grows in Weary Lands: On Christian Resilience by Tish Harrison Warren

• An excerpt from What Grows in Weary Lands

• Tish’s website and Instagram

• Tish’s articles at The Well

• A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society by Eugene H. Peterson

• Roots of Christian Mysticism by Olivier Clément

• Silence and Honey Cakes : The Wisdom of the Desert by Rowan Williams

Tish Harrison Warren is a writer and an Anglican priest. She is the author of several books, including Liturgy of the Ordinary, which won Christianity Today’s 2018 Book of the Year, and Prayer in the Night, which won Christianity Today’s 2022 Book of the Year and the 2022 ECPA Christian Book of the Year. She formerly wrote a weekly newsletter for The New York Times, which focused on faith in public discourse and private life. She was also a columnist at Christianity Today. She currently serves as the C.S. Lewis Theological Writer-in-Residence for The Anglican Episcopal House of Studies at Baylor’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary. She is a senior fellow with the Trinity Forum and an assisting priest at Immanuel Anglican Church. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and three children.