What Grows in Weary Lands

Tish Harrison Warren has written the book we need in this time as believers, as neighbors, and as men and women navigating the modern world.

Annie F. Downs, New York Times bestselling author of That Sounds Fun

I have loved all of Tish Harrison Warren’s books, but I may have a new favorite. What Grows in Weary Lands is a rich application of ancient monastic wisdom to the burnout tendencies of modern life. You need to read it.

Justin Whitmel Earley, author of Habits of the Household and The Body Teaches the Soul

What Grows in Weary Lands is the book I needed to read to refresh my soul and invigorate my faith. If you are looking for a way of being Christian when you feel like you are at the end of your rope, this is the book for you. Warren is one of the best spiritual writers of our day, and this may be her best work to date.

Esau McCaulley, Phd, professor at Wheaton College

What I love about Tish Harrison Warren’s writing is her clarity about both desolation and consolation—her honesty and her hope. Read this book if you have discovered that you do not get through life without going through a desert; read this book to discover that the desert brings a kind of life you cannot find anywhere else.

Andy Crouch, partner for theology and culture, Praxis, and author of The Life We’re Looking For

This book is too good simply to be read—it must be conversed with. Warren writes in such a way that often—sometimes more than once on a page—I had to stop and journal or stop and pray. Whatever spiritual season in which a reader approaches this book, there are gifts abundant. Her honesty and hope bring balm to the soul of the hurting and zeal to the heart of the eager.

Rev. Dr. Amy Peeler, professor at Wheaton College, associate rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (Geneva, Ill.), and author of Women and Gender of God

This book is like a friend who reminds you who you are and who God is when you’re too weary to remember. I found myself pausing and relishing so many sentences as the truth sank in—just because I can’t see growth, doesn’t mean it’s not happening. On behalf of weary pilgrims I say thank you, Tish!

Jon Guerra, devotional music singer-songwriter

With penetrating insight and disarming honesty, What Grows in Weary Lands retrieves and applies the ancient wisdom sorely needed in our distracted and burned-out age. This book is a tall glass of living water for parched, weary lives. It is poised to become a modern spiritual classic and another must-read offering from one of the brightest spiritual writers of our day.

Rev. Claude Atcho, pastor of Church of the Resurrection (Charlottesville, Va.), and author of Rhythms of Faith and Reading Black Books