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James Hague

What actually transforms a human being?

I have carried this question since my teens through Christian devotion, yoga, and years of searching. My present practice is rooted in the Thai Forest tradition; from that ground, I write about attention, desire, and lasting change in ordinary life.

The Journey

A Life of Practice

My search began in my teens. Christian prayer and a year with the Franciscans shaped my devotion; yoga taught me to attend to the body. After a year hiking in Banff, I spent close to six months at Birken Forest Monastery. My present practice is rooted in the Thai Forest tradition, tested daily in work, marriage, and fatherhood.

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Modern Jesus: The Antichrist

Essays & Reflections

Essays on attention, desire, joy, silence, practice, and ordinary life, rooted in the Thai Forest tradition.

Modern Jesus: The Antichrist

Christianity has long spoken of surrender, self-emptying, prayer, and love of enemies. Yet we can learn to admire these teachings without allowing them to rearrange our lives. Modern Jesus asks what it might mean to follow rather than simply believe.

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Essays on attention, desire, joy, silence, practice, and ordinary life, rooted in the Thai Forest tradition. Some return to Christianity and yoga; I’ll also share news of Modern Jesus.