Prayer in the Night by Tish Harrison Warren
Week 11: Chapter 10 — Those Who Sleep in Christ
Read Chapter 10 of Prayer in the Night by Tish Harrison Warren.
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Warren turns to the dead — specifically those who have died in faith — and to the Christian hope of resurrection. This may be the most eschatological chapter in the book, and it asks us to think about what we actually believe will happen at the end.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Warren uses the New Testament language of those who have 'fallen asleep in Christ' to hold together the reality of death and the hope of resurrection. How does the metaphor of sleep change how you think about the death of believers? Does it feel comforting, strange, or insufficient?
2.She reflects on the thinness of Christian eschatology in many modern churches — that we often have a vague sense of 'going to heaven' but have lost the robust, embodied hope of resurrection that Paul describes in 1 Corinthians 15. How clear and vibrant is the resurrection hope in your own faith? In your community?
3.Warren writes about the dead she has loved — naming them, remembering them — as an act of faith that they are held by God. Who are the people you have lost whom you carry with you? How does your faith speak to that grief?