The Name Above Every Name: The Revelation of Christ in the Heart The Jesus Prayer and the Life of Communion I am grateful to share that The Name Above Every Name: The Jesus Prayer and the Life of Communion is now available, the second volume in a series exploring the wisdom of the Christian desert and the recovery of the inner life. The first book, The Monastic Heart and the Future of the Church: Recovering the Inner Kingdom in an Age of Fragmentation, began with a conviction

The Jesus Prayer begins not with our search for God, but with the discovery that He has already drawn near. “At the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.” — Philippians 2:10 There comes a moment in the life of prayer when the Name of Jesus begins to mean something different to us. At first, perhaps, we simply say it. “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.” We repeat the words because we have been taught that the Jesus Pray

When the Name of Jesus Becomes the Place Where the Heart Abides “You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake; but he who endures to the end will be saved.” — Matthew 10:22 There is something almost frightening in the simplicity with which the Lord speaks these words. He does not tell His disciples that they will be misunderstood because they have failed to explain themselves adequately. He does not suggest that hostility will disappear if they become sufficiently winsome,