Jim Forest

For the Peace from Above: An Orthodox Resource Book on War, Peace and Nationalism

Since the early days of the Church, Christians have struggled to come to terms with Christ's words of peace and His example of peace. In Christ's life, as recorded in the New Testament, it is striking that He neither killed anyone nor summoned any of His disciples to kill. Indeed, the final miracle ...

Jim Forest and Lightning (The Jim Forest Readers)

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Saint Nicholas and the Nine Gold Coins

The figure of Saint Nicholas stands apart from nearly every other Christian saint: his fame spread across empires and generations to make him one of the most recognizable Christian saints in history. But the popular perception of Saint Nicholas today diverges greatly from his original veneration as ...

Confession: Doorway to Forgiveness

Once a defining feature of Christian life, the practice of Confession has largely faded in recent years. And yet, without an acknowledgment of sin and the longing for forgiveness and reconciliation the Gospel makes little sense. In Confession Jim Forest offers a moving reappraisal of this neglected ...

Saint George and the Dragon

True stories become streamlined into legends and legends become compressed via symbols into myths. The St. George of myth was a knight in armor who fought a dragon to save a princess, but the real George never saw a dragon nor did he rescue a princess in distress. We are not even sure he had a horse...

The Ladder of the Beatitudes

Drawing on stories from the lives of the saints, scripture, and everyday life, Jim Forest opens up the mysteries of the Beatitudes. These ancient blessings, with which Christ began his Sermon on the Mount, are all aspects of communion with God. As Forest shows, they are like rungs on a ladder, each ...

Road to Emmaus: Pilgrimage As a Way of Life

In an age of tourism, the great challenge is to see ourselves at a deeper level: the dimension of pilgrimage. Being a pilgrim might involve a journey to distant places associated with God-revealing events, but it has more to do with simply living day by day in a God-attentive way. Jim Forest's book ...

The Resurrection of the Church in Albania: Voices of Orthodox Christians

Love Is the Measure: A Biography of Dorothy Day

Love Is the Measure: A Biography of Dorothy Day

Making Friends of Enemies: Reflections of the Teachings of Jesus

Love Is the Measure: A Biography of Dorothy Day

Jim Forest

Jim Forest (born 2 November 1941) is a writer, lay theologian, educator, peace activist. Since 1989, a year after his reception into the Orthodox Church, he has ...