A Song of the Hand
Reflecting on life, death, and the koan
Unanswered Question
Engaging the spiritual life today with Zen teacher and Unitarian Universalist minister James Ishmael Ford. James' passions include Zen Buddhism, mystical religion, especially Christian, and those lives growing authentic and deep between the traditions.
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THE FINAL GIFT
A meditation framed as a sermon
The Sins of the Fathers
How dreams cascade one after another
And Then There’s Alan Watts
Reflections on a different kind of troublesome priest
Unsurpassed, complete, perfect enlightenment anyone?
The practice of Zen in our time and place
Neither Monastic nor Lay
A meditation on the spiritual life
Heaven & Hell
Zen Buddhism and Christian mysticism in Conversation
Christian mystical practices
A consideration of the Jesus Prayer and the Rosary
Letting Go
Following the sacred thread, drawn on by the sacred thread
Sacred and Secular
A meditation on using a spiritual practice for another purpose