Prayer in the Night, Tish Harrison Warren
Prayer in the Night, Tish Harrison Warren
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Prayer in the Night
For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep

Author: Tish Harrison Warren

Narrator: Sarah Zimmerman

Unabridged: 5 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/26/2021


Synopsis

How can we trust God in the dark?

Framed around the nighttime prayer of Compline, Tish Harrison Warren, author of Liturgy of the Ordinary, explores themes of human vulnerability, suffering, and God's seeming absence. When she navigated a time of doubt and loss, the prayer was grounding for her. She writes: "It was this practice that gave me words for my anxiety and grief and allowed me to reencounter doctrines of the church—the church's claims about reality—not as rational, tidy little antidotes for pain but as a light in darkness, as good news." Where do we find comfort when we lie awake worrying or weeping in the night? This book offers a prayerful and frank approach to the difficulties in our ordinary lives at work, at home, and in a world filled with uncertainty.

About Tish Harrison Warren

Tish Harrison Warren is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America. She writes a weekly newsletter for the New York Times and is a columnist for Christianity Today. She is also the author of Prayer in the Night and Liturgy of the Ordinary. She lives with her husband, Jonathan, and their three children in the Austin, Texas, area.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cindy on February 19, 2021

I read this on the heels of Liturgy of the Ordinary and I can’t help but feel Trish is a kindred spirit, I loved that she used examples from her own life without making the book about herself. I also wanted to hug her when she quoted the song Show The Way by David Wilcox which really sums up the boo......more

Goodreads review by Darla on July 09, 2022

As one who struggles with a consistent prayer life, I deeply appreciate the prayers that have been passed down to us through liturgy and practice. Tish Harrison Warren has taken the Compline prayer and expounded upon it in such an eloquent way. Each chapter is overflowing with the nuances that accom......more

Goodreads review by Traci on December 19, 2020

The chapter on affliction is worth the price of admission. Warren does not shy away from tough topics on this book. Rather she makes the solid argument again and again, with plenty of sources to back her up, that in the suffering we find God.......more

Goodreads review by Justin on August 25, 2021

I recommend this book by Anglican priest Tish Harrison Warren for anyone that has gone through a deconstruction of their faith, or rejected their faith because of different existential and philosophical reasons, or to someone who is going through a difficult season of grief, confusion, and loss. Thi......more

Goodreads review by Carmen on March 14, 2021

A luminous book. Warren is a companion in the dark, pointing to the light. Through personal stories and tried-and-true prayers of the church, she helps us learn to navigate with authenticity a world where things don't always go the way we'd like them to.......more