Joan Chittister: Presence and Perpetual Goodness

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Sister Joan Chittister is an American theologian, Benedictine nun, and the author of more than 50 books. For over 40 years, she has passionately advocated on behalf of peace, human rights, women's issues, and church renewal. This week's podcast shares with you an excerpt from Sister Joan's audio program, Catching Fire: Being Transformed, Becoming Transforming, a seven-hour conversation with Tami Simon intended to spark the fire of the divine within each one of us.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True. My name is Tammy Simon. I'm the founder of Sounds True, and I'd love to take a moment to introduce you to the new Sounds True Foundation. The Sounds True Foundation is dedicated to
0:15.9	creating a wiser and kinder world by making transformational education widely available.
0:24.5	We want everyone to have access to transformational tools such as mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-compassion, regardless of financial, social, or physical challenges.
0:39.7	The Sounds True Foundation is a non a nonprofit dedicated to providing these transformational
0:45.3	tools to communities in need, including at-risk youth, prisoners, veterans, and those in developing countries.
0:54.0	If you'd like to learn more or feel inspired to become a supporter,
0:58.0	please visit sounds true foundation.org. You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today is a broadcast of a very special conversation that I had at Mount
1:17.2	St. Benedict's Monastery in Erie, Pennsylvania with a woman who is one of the most influential, religious, and social
1:27.6	leaders of our time, a woman I greatly admire, Sister Joan Chidester.
1:35.3	This was recorded just as Sister Joan was approaching her 83rd birthday. Sister Joan Chidester is an American theologian, Benedictine
1:46.8	nun, and the author of more than 50 books. For over 40 years she has passionately advocated on behalf of peace, human rights, women's issues, and church renewal.
2:01.0	She has a way of being supremely down to earth and no nonsense. I've read her
2:08.8	weekly email newsletter for more than a decade now and I always find it's a refreshing take on the grit
2:17.9	and the true humility that the spiritual journey asks of each of us.
2:24.0	What you're about to hear is an excerpt from a full-length seven-hour conversation series
2:31.0	that Sister Joan and I recorded together at Mount St. Benedict.
2:36.2	It's a series called Catching Fire, Being Transformed, Becoming, Transforming, with the idea that listeners will indeed catch fire and
2:49.2	be transformed and become transforming through the listening experience.
2:55.8	You can learn more about catching fire at sounds true.com.
3:00.4	I hope you enjoy this special broadcast with Sister Joan Chidester.
3:07.0	As we begin this session, I just want to say out loud that I take this time with you
3:14.0	seriously, it's precious to me.
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