Technology promises us a frictionless world of ease, but there's something about the goodness of even a broken material reality—even the hard things in our lives—that make us human.
— Tish Harrison Warren (b. 1979), Anglikanische Priesterin, Autorin
Source: Christianity Today, Interview „To Grow Resilient Kids, Don't Take Away Struggle“, 2026
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Suffering & the Question of God, Wisdom & Understanding
Occasions: For Reflection
Tish Harrison Warren
Die 1979 geborene US-Amerikanerin Tish Harrison Warren ist eine anglikanische Priesterin und theologische Autorin, die unter anderem als Kolumnistin für die New York Times überregionale Bekanntheit erlangte. Sie vertritt eine liturgisch geprägte Alltagsspiritualität und gerät mit ihren Positionen zur Frauenordination sowie zur traditionellen Sexualethik regelmäßig in theologische Debatten zwischen konservativen und progressiven Strömungen. Für Bibelleser verknüpft sie historische christliche Gebetstraditionen und biblische Klagemuster mit den konkreten Herausforderungen des modernen Lebens.
All quotes by Tish Harrison Warren (9)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson