“Everywhere I looked, hope existed - but only as some kind of green shoot in the midst of struggle. It was a theological concept, not a spiritual practice. Hope, I began to realize, was not a state of life. It… — Joan Chittister Copy Share Image
“Of all the things we share, the most central is not in the liturgical or theological or canonical dimensions of the religion. It is in the realm of our personal search and experience of God. I have danced in a Sufi fikre, sat for hours in a Zen Buddhist tea ceremony, been part of a Hindu puja, attended Shabbat services… — Joan Chittister Copy Share
“Benedictine spirituality, after all, is life lived to the hilt. It is a life of concentration on life's ordinary dimensions. It is an attempt… — Joan Chittister Copy Share Image
“Everywhere I looked, hope existed - but only as some kind of green shoot in the midst of struggle. It was a theological concept,… — Joan Chittister Copy Share Image
“I began to trust the questions themselves to lead me beyond answers to understanding, beyond practice to faith” — Joan Chittister Copy Share Image
