Tish Harrison Warren Quotes & Sayings

The new life into which we are baptized is lived out in days, hours, and minutes. God is forming us into a new people. And the place of that formation is in the small moments of today. — Tish Harrison Warren

When suffering is sharp and profound, I expect and believe that God will meet me in its midst. But in the struggles of my average day I somehow feel I have a right to be annoyed. — Tish Harrison Warren

Everyone wants a revolution. No one wants to do the dishes." I — Tish Harrison Warren

This is a great mystery. My teeth will be in eternity and are eternally good. — Tish Harrison Warren

I need rituals that encourage me to embrace what is repetitive, ancient, and quiet. But what I crave is novelty and stimulation. — Tish Harrison Warren

Similarly, when we denigrate our bodies - whether through neglect or staring at our faces and counting up our flaws - we are belittling a sacred site, a worship space more wonderous than the most glorious, ancient cathedral. We are standing before the Grand Canyon or the Sistine Chapel and rolling our eyes. — Tish Harrison Warren

If I were a lioness, I would snarl. As it is, I brood. — Tish Harrison Warren

Teeth.
So needy. — Tish Harrison Warren

Flannery O'Connor once told a young friend to "push as hard as the age that pushes against you. — Tish Harrison Warren

My minty breath - a little foretaste of glory. — Tish Harrison Warren

Worship itself is made up of ordinary stuff. We use plain words. Some of the most the glorious words in Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer are, well, common and plain enough to make you weep - "We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done, and there is no health in us." We are baptized in plain water. We consume plain bread and wine. And it all is lifted up by plain people. — Tish Harrison Warren

...small bits of our day are profoundly meaningful
because they are the site of our worship. The crucible of our formation is in the monotony of our daily routines. — Tish Harrison Warren