The Healing Path

“James Finley has pursued the contemplative life seriously—inside and outside of the monastery—and part of that through the healing of his own wounds. That combination allows him to bring a whole, wonderful balancing act to theology and spirituality. James Finley is a healer. I believe his poetic words will help many people on their healing journey.” – Richard Rohr“The beauty and illumination of Jim Finley’s language, whether he is writing about trauma or God’s presence, open the heart. To read this book is to be changed forever.” – Bonnie Badenoch, author, The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships“James Finley inhabits the sacred territory he maps for us in these luminous pages–a landscape drenched in love, rooted in the sacred ordinary, where our most devastating wounds become portals to the divine encounter.” – Mirabai Starr, author, Caravan of No Despair

James Finley, a clinical psychologist and spiritual director, is one of the core faculty members of the Center for Contemplation and Action (with Richard Rohr) and is host of the CAC podcast “Turning to the Mystics.” A former novice under Thomas Merton at the Abbey of Gethsemani, he is the author of the classic book Merton’s Palace of Nowhere: A Search for God through Awareness of the True Self (Ave Maria Press).