Joan Chittister

A Benedictine Sister of Erie, Pennsylvania, Joan Chittister is a best-selling author and well-known international lecturer on topics of justice, peace, human rights, women's issues and contemporary spirituality in the church and in society. She presently serves as the co-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women, a partner organization of the United Nations, facilitating a worldwide network of women peace builders, especially in the Middle East. Chittister has won 14 CPA awards for her books. Her most recent include Between the Dark and the Daylight (Random House), Two Dogs and a Parrot (Blue Bridge, 2015) and In God’s Holy Light (Franciscan Media, 2015). A biography, Joan Chittister: Her journey from certainty to faith, by NCR’s Tom Roberts, was released in 2015 by Orbis Books. Chittister is the founder and executive director of Benetvision, a resource center for contemporary spirituality in Erie.

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When people stop listening: Keep it up

And Jesus wept: a good idea

Land of the free, home of the self-centered

The mortal end of truth: when leadership becomes nothing but lies

Hobson's choice or a new beginning

Ten commandments for a pandemic moment in American history

Blind to equality yet?

Racism is the temptation white people have yet to overcome

Is it news or propaganda, and how do we know?

What are we looking for? Power or leadership?

Principles for a pandemic

You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. Really?

Be you either hot or cold: Jesus' words, not mine

Disavowal: Some promises should not be forever

It's time for our biases to grow

I'd be skeptical if I were you

Anger: A virtue for our time, because silence is not working

St. Benedict's 12th step is the challenge to become humility itself

The 11th step: What we say, and how we say it, defines us

St. Benedict's 10th step of humility: When is funny not funny?

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