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> [“We grow in holiness in the honing of our specific vocation. We can't be holy in the abstract. Instead we become a holy blacksmith or a holy mother or a holy physician or a holy systems analyst. We seek God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tish-harrison-warren/we-grow-in-holiness-in-the-honing-of-our-specific-vocation-we-can-t/)

[Tish Harrison Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tish-harrison-warren/)

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## More by Tish Harrison Warren

> [“The church has a reputation for being antipleasure. Many characterize Christians in general the way H. L. Mencken wryly described Puritans: people with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tish-harrison-warren/the-church-has-a-reputation-for-being-antipleasure-many-characterize/)

[Tish Harrison Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tish-harrison-warren/)

> [“We do not know this Messiah solely through the red letters in the gospel texts. We know him in his fullness because we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tish-harrison-warren/we-do-not-know-this-messiah-solely-through-the-red-letters-in-the/)

[Tish Harrison Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tish-harrison-warren/)

> [“Together as a church we are practicing, learning the strokes that teach us to live our lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tish-harrison-warren/together-as-a-church-we-are-practicing-learning-the-strokes-that/)

[Tish Harrison Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tish-harrison-warren/)

> [“We have everyday habits—formative practices—that constitute daily liturgies. By reaching for my smartphone every morning, I had developed a ritual that trained me toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tish-harrison-warren/we-have-everyday-habits-formative-practices-that-constitute-daily/)

[Tish Harrison Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tish-harrison-warren/)

> [“Annie Dillard famously writes, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”6 I came across Dillard’s words a couple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tish-harrison-warren/annie-dillard-famously-writes-how-we-spend-our-days-is-of-course-how/)

[Tish Harrison Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tish-harrison-warren/)

> [“Alfred Hitchcock said movies are “life with the dull bits cut out.”5 Car chases and first kisses, interesting plot lines and good conversations. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tish-harrison-warren/alfred-hitchcock-said-movies-are-life-with-the-dull-bits-cut-out-5/)

[Tish Harrison Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tish-harrison-warren/)

> [“We disdain limits. Wendell Berry warned, “It is easy . . . to imagine that the next great division of the world will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tish-harrison-warren/we-disdain-limits-wendell-berry-warned-it-is-easy-to-imagine-that-the/)

[Tish Harrison Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tish-harrison-warren/)

> [“In Jewish culture, days begin in the evening with the setting of the sun. (We see this in Genesis 1 with the repetition of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tish-harrison-warren/in-jewish-culture-days-begin-in-the-evening-with-the-setting-of-the/)

[Tish Harrison Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tish-harrison-warren/)

> [“And in the absence of control, feeling stuck and stressed, those parts of me that I prefer to keep hidden were momentarily unveiled.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tish-harrison-warren/and-in-the-absence-of-control-feeling-stuck-and-stressed-those-parts/)

[Tish Harrison Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tish-harrison-warren/)

> [“Without realizing it, I had slowly built a habit: a steady resistance to and dread of boredom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tish-harrison-warren/without-realizing-it-i-had-slowly-built-a-habit-a-steady-resistance/)

[Tish Harrison Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tish-harrison-warren/)

> [“But here's the thing: pretty good people do not need Jesus. He came for the lost. He came for the broken. In his love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tish-harrison-warren/but-here-s-the-thing-pretty-good-people-do-not-need-jesus-he-came-for/)

[Tish Harrison Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tish-harrison-warren/)

> [“In his brief theology of sleep, Scottish pastor John Baillie writes that in Christ, we “wake up better men than when we went to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tish-harrison-warren/in-his-brief-theology-of-sleep-scottish-pastor-john-baillie-writes/)

[Tish Harrison Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tish-harrison-warren/)

> [“In the Christian faith it’s almost a philosophical principle that the universal is known through the particular and the abstract through the concrete. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tish-harrison-warren/in-the-christian-faith-it-s-almost-a-philosophical-principle-that-the/)

[Tish Harrison Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tish-harrison-warren/)

> [“Theologian Stanley Hauerwas argues that to truly learn a story, we can’t just hear it. We must also act it out. In our worship—and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tish-harrison-warren/theologian-stanley-hauerwas-argues-that-to-truly-learn-a-story-we-can/)

[Tish Harrison Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tish-harrison-warren/)

> [“The crucible of our formation is in the monotony of our daily routines.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tish-harrison-warren/the-crucible-of-our-formation-is-in-the-monotony-of-our-daily-routines/)

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