Prayer in the Night by Tish Harrison Warren
Week 15: Review & Reflection — The Whole Journey
Review Prayer in the Night in its entirety. You may wish to reread a chapter or passage that was particularly meaningful to you.
Previewing Week 15 of Prayer in the Night
Read 3 of 8 discussion questions below. Unlock the complete 15-week guide when you’re ready.
Now that you have traveled through the whole of Compline with Tish Harrison Warren, take time to look back across the journey — what you brought to it, what you found, and what you are carrying forward.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Which chapter or petition of Compline most surprised you — either because it challenged a comfortable assumption or because it gave voice to something you had felt but never been able to name? Why did it land so powerfully?
2.Warren's central argument is that ancient liturgical prayer can hold us in the dark when our own faith fails. Has this book changed how you think about the role of repeated, communal, written prayer in the Christian life? Will you approach any prayers, liturgies, or rituals differently because of it?
3.The book is remarkably honest about doubt, suffering, and the hiddenness of God. Did that honesty draw you closer to faith or unsettle you? Did it reflect your own experience of the life of faith?