Title: Long on platitudes; short on reason
Product review: Recommended to me by a former nun I much admire, I am sorry to write that I found Sr. Chittister's book tedious: very often she followed one phrase with another that repeated the same idea. Usually she did it in threes. "We find ourselves on a wet, grey slope of sliding clay, being towed under, being swallowed up and taken down, no towline to save us."Perhaps if I were in crisis I might find her poetic phrasing a comforting and understanding expression, but I was interested in a theodicy that was rarely presented. I did appreciate her reminding the reader that nothing is permanent on earth, and if we have survived struggle in the past, we might have faith that we can survive it again.I am very glad I borrowed this book from a library and did not buy it.
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