About this episode

Esau McCaulley and Tish Harrison Warren discuss the challenges of maintaining faith during difficult times and the themes of resilience in Warren's new book.

Faith can feel easy at the beginning, but what happens when you're stuck in the long middle? Tired, cynical, and wondering why God feels far away? Esau is joined by Tish Harrison Warren to talk about her new book, What Grows in Weary Lands: On Christian Resilience, and why perseverance is more than just spiritual grit. They discuss burnout, doubt, the exhaustion of public faith, the temptation to start over, and why staying put might be one of the most countercultural Christian practices left. 0:00 - Theme Song 1:02 - What Grows in Weary Lands 5:22 - Leaving the New York Times 24:47 - "Middle Stories" 49:12 - End Credits What Grows in Wear Lands: On Christian Resilience by Tish Harrison Warren: https://amzn.to/4o0FwqE

People in this episode

Host: Esau McCaulley

Guest: Tish Harrison Warren

Topics covered

• Christian resilience
• perseverance
• burnout
• doubt
• public faith
• spirituality

Keywords

• Christianity
• faith
• resilience
• spiritual grit
• public faith
• burnout
• doubt

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times

Books & works: What Grows in Weary Lands: On Christian Resilience

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