Discovering Hidden Joy on Our Average Days with Tish Harrison Warren
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For many of us, the possibility of joy can feel intimidating or unattainable. Sometimes elusive and hard to pin down, we wonder if joy is simply a feeling or if it could involve our emotions in any substantial way.
In this episode of The Digital Examen, Jay Y. Kim welcomes Anglican priest and author Tish Harrison Warren, whose books Liturgy of the Ordinary and Prayer in the Night have resonated with thousands searching for meaning in the everyday journey of faith.
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Together, they probe our cultural inability to sustain our attention to both God and life itself. Warren talks candidly about what happens to our souls when our capacity to contemplate is lost, how we can overanalyze moments of revival, and how we are often not very effective at talking about biblical joy. By confronting our fear of encountering God in the intimate setting of the mundane, they affirm that God desires to meet with and speak to us on any given Wednesday. As they share stories of family life and honest reflections on burnout, they uncover that true joy is both deeply spiritual and rooted in our human experiences.
Tune into this conversation for an invitation to discover God’s sacramental joy even on your most ordinary days.
This episode highlights the following themes:
✅ Why “ordinary” days are sacred
✅ Joy as a gift, practice, and a muscle
✅ Honest hope when everything feels like it’s falling apart
Links from this episode:
✅ Learn more about Tish Harrison Warren (https://www.ivpress.com/tish-harrison-warren?srsltid=AfmBOopOgRinR2XRZu7QWZcjfdoZk-akRCIGX2nvl_8vHMzIp8atcAzp)
✅ Read Liturgy of the Ordinary (https://www.ivpress.com/liturgy-of-the-ordinary?srsltid=AfmBOop5M3qCrBJ0-iK52LAhDqDyM0X_Rx3F-rXfZMKI-5-bP4Ri1u3U) and Prayer in the Night (https://www.ivpress.com/prayer-in-the-night?srsltid=AfmBOorGNtkq3GY37KEtZ13EHny7gpSspE-H-eAFOwl6zaqq95W5cxGA) by Tish Harrison Warren
✅ Check out Tish Harrison Warren’s upcoming book: What Grows in Weary Lands (https://amzn.to/4pwEMbH)
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