This 40-Day Journey with Joan Chittister book is part of the popular 40-Day Journey series in which a different Christian leader takes the reader on a personal spiritual journey. Joan Chittister is a Benedictine nun who lives in Pennsylvania and is best known for her spiritual writing and her powerful actions for peace and justice. 40-Day Journey has forty chapters each having a reading from Chittister's writings, scripture selections from the Bible , a journal-writing exercise and a prayer. As a rich resource for individual meditation or group discussion, 40-Day Journey with Joan Chittister guides the reader each day deeper into the study of Christian spirituality. The book is especially useful during Advent or Lent.