Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
Tish Harrison Warren
In this vulnerable and contemplative book, Tish Harrison Warren reflects on how prayer helps us navigate the darkness of suffering, doubt, and grief. Using the ancient Compline prayer, she explores the themes of trust, lament, and hope amid life’s hardest moments. Warren offers a gentle yet profound guide for those wrestling with pain and uncertainty, showing how prayer sustains us in the darkest nights.
Beauty doesn’t take away the pain of suffering or vulnerability. It’s not like cicada song or good coffee make it hurt any less to lose a spouse or a friendship, or even just to have a hard day. But in the times when we think anguish and dimness are all there is in the world, that nothing is lovely or solid, beauty is a reminder that there is more to our stories than sin, pain, and death. There is eternal brilliance. It’s not quite enough to resolve our questions or tie anything up in a nice metaphysical bow, but sometimes it is enough to get us through the next hour. And in enduring a mystery, we need just enough light to take one more step.
