Joan Chittister is a Benedictine sister, best-selling author, and a well-known national and international lecturer. She is the recent author of Called to Question: A Spiritual Memoir (Sheed & Ward 2004). In 2007 she was awarded the Outstanding Leadership Award from The Leadership Conference of Women Religious.

Chittister's small book is rich in its implications. Highly recommended.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 What is a simple life? Matthew 6:30Chapter 3 When is war unjust? Isaiah 2:4Chapter 4 What are the blessings of diminishment? Psalm 23:6Chapter 5 What is sanctity? Matthew 5:48Chapter 6 How is caring for the earth spiritual? Revelations 7:3Chapter 7 What can Christians learn from the Koran, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita, Lotus Sermons? John 17:21Chapter 8 When is care for the self / care for the other excessive? Matthew 22:39Chapter 9 How does one balance patient waiting and action on behalf of justice? Luke 18:11Chapter 10 What does it mean to be faithful in the face of failure? Psalm 78:1Chapter 11 What does it mean to be enlightened? Proverbs 1:20Chapter 12 How can we be grateful in the midst of violence, suffering, and loss? Psalm 107: 1Chapter 13 Do the little things matter? Ecclesiastes 1:2-3

Joan Chittister is a Benedictine sister, best-selling author, and a well-known national and international lecturer. She is the recent author of Called to Question: A Spiritual Memoir (Sheed & Ward 2004). In 2007 she was awarded the Outstanding Leadership Award from The Leadership Conference of Women Religious.

Chittister's small book is rich in its implications. Highly recommended.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 What is a simple life? Matthew 6:30Chapter 3 When is war unjust? Isaiah 2:4Chapter 4 What are the blessings of diminishment? Psalm 23:6Chapter 5 What is sanctity? Matthew 5:48Chapter 6 How is caring for the earth spiritual? Revelations 7:3Chapter 7 What can Christians learn from the Koran, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita, Lotus Sermons? John 17:21Chapter 8 When is care for the self / care for the other excessive? Matthew 22:39Chapter 9 How does one balance patient waiting and action on behalf of justice? Luke 18:11Chapter 10 What does it mean to be faithful in the face of failure? Psalm 78:1Chapter 11 What does it mean to be enlightened? Proverbs 1:20Chapter 12 How can we be grateful in the midst of violence, suffering, and loss? Psalm 107: 1Chapter 13 Do the little things matter? Ecclesiastes 1:2-3

Joan Chittister is a Benedictine sister, best-selling author, and a well-known national and international lecturer. She is the recent author of Called to Question: A Spiritual Memoir (Sheed & Ward 2004). In 2007 she was awarded the Outstanding Leadership Award from The Leadership Conference of Women Religious.

Chittister's small book is rich in its implications. Highly recommended.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 What is a simple life? Matthew 6:30Chapter 3 When is war unjust? Isaiah 2:4Chapter 4 What are the blessings of diminishment? Psalm 23:6Chapter 5 What is sanctity? Matthew 5:48Chapter 6 How is caring for the earth spiritual? Revelations 7:3Chapter 7 What can Christians learn from the Koran, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita, Lotus Sermons? John 17:21Chapter 8 When is care for the self / care for the other excessive? Matthew 22:39Chapter 9 How does one balance patient waiting and action on behalf of justice? Luke 18:11Chapter 10 What does it mean to be faithful in the face of failure? Psalm 78:1Chapter 11 What does it mean to be enlightened? Proverbs 1:20Chapter 12 How can we be grateful in the midst of violence, suffering, and loss? Psalm 107: 1Chapter 13 Do the little things matter? Ecclesiastes 1:2-3