"Sr. Joan Chittister is on the road"

And yet I continue to check her blog over at NCRCafe to see what the leading prophet of thinking spirituality has to say about the election results!

 

See, I know Sr. Joan won't come back from her peacekeeping mission only to tell us that everything is now A-OK stateside. She'll challenge American progressives to be as visionary in victory as they were in minority, to put the poor and marginalized first, and to look to their own houses. She'll remind us that God calls all of us to social justice and that we can't leave the responsibility for a better world with politicians.

 

Her speech at the Call to Action conference last week was emblematic. Everyone wants to hear about women's ordination and gay marriage, and God knows those are important to God's people. But Sister Joan, by focusing her address on economic justice and peace, subtly reminded us of how wide is the work to be done in the world. The poor will always be with us, needing God's love through God's people, no matter who is in Congress--or in the pulpit.

 

Come back, Sr. Joan, and be a voice of reason!

 

The mere announcement that she's away inspired, to date, 52 comments.

 

And if you can't wait, check out the discussion we're having over at BustedHalo.

Update: Sr. Joan is back with a moving story of ministry to Iraqi refugees in Syria.