This is simple. I'm Tish Hawksen Rider.

Well, friends, Christmas Day is just a few days away now if you can believe it.

So we're wrapping up 2018 around here with another conversation I have from earlier in the year you

might have missed. Her name is Tish Harrison Warren. Yep another Tish which is like finding another

unicorn and she's a priest with the Anglican Church of North America.

We'll get to her in just a second, but first, the same reminder from the last episode.

We are officially dusting off the Instagram account at Art of Simple for 2019 and we'll use it to share new

posts, podcast episodes, favorite comments and thoughts from you guys and maybe a

few behind-the-scenes things we won't show you elsewhere. So go follow us there at Art of Simple. It's a super

simple way to support the work we do and to help you stay in the loop. So again, that's

on Instagram at Art of Simple, or you can just click the link in this episode's show notes. Okay, back to Tish. She's jumped over a lot of hurdles and went through a long process of discernment, study, training, and overcoming

stereotypes to do work she never thought she'd end up doing.

And that's being an ordained priest.

And you know, plus it's not every day I get to talk to a fellow tish,

especially one with Deep Roots in Austin, Texas, my hometown, and one for my own denomination and

diocese. So this was a really fun chat for me. So let's get right to it. Here's Tish,

Harrison Warren, a priest.

Okay, well Tish, tell me the backstory of your work.

Like, how did you begin?

I mean, what inspired you to become a priest?

It was a really, really long process.

I definitely didn't wake up one day and think I want to be a

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