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“I have often thought of Jesus as the Undistracted One who was always aware of his Father’s presence in a way we seldom are. Maggie Ross lives that undistracted life better than anyone I know, and the eloquence of her words allows us a glimpse into that beholding that is the awareness of his presence.”

—James P. Danaher, author of Contemplative Prayer:

A Theology for the Twenty-first Century

“This collection of essays by Maggie Ross spirals around the themes of silence, beholding, and letting go. Examples are drawn from Ross’s own life and from her extensive reading, including excerpts from seldom-quoted Syriac spiritual masters. For Ross, beholding is more than seeing. It is inward vision springing from the ‘deep mind’: non-linear, non-controlling, and self-emptying.”

—Fr. Charles Cummings, author of Monastic Practices

“Maggie Ross is already well known for her ability to express what defies expression. In Writing the Icon of the Heart she draws her reader through a vivid engagement with creation and a jarring acknowledgment of human suffering toward the transfiguration of human life in beholding God’s presence. This is a book that gives hope to a jangled, distracted world.”

—Bill Countryman, author of Calling on the Spirit

in Unsettling Times

“Maggie Ross writes in the silence that births language and lays it to rest. I’ll share this book with an Anglican wondering whether her simple, steady skepticism means she has lost her faith; with a gay friend longing for communion and struggling with his Roman Catholic church’s condemnation of homosexuality; and with a Buddhist whose compassionate practice teaches me so much about prayer. Then I’ll read it again.”

—Donald Schell, President, All Saints Company