James has written for the Huffington Post, the Buddhist magazines Tricycle, Buddhadharma, and Lion’s Roar, and the Unitarian Universalist magazine UU World.
He blogs as Monkey Mind. The blog's motto is "easily distracted." It mostly addresses the Zen life in the West, but also explores the currents of liberal and progressive religion, politics, and culture.
James is the author of This Very Moment: A Brief Introduction to Buddhism and Zen for Unitarian Universalists. He is also the author of a study of Zen teachers and communities in North America, “Zen Master Who? A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen,” the co-editor of The Book of Mu: Essential Writings on Zen’s Most Important Koan, and the author of If You’re Lucky, Your Heart Will Break: Field Notes from a Zen Life from Wisdom Publications. His sixth book, a comprehensive introduction to Zen Meditation, The Language of Dragons is due from Wisdom Publications in September, 2018.
He has also contributed chapters or sections to another half dozen books as well as several pamphlets for the UUA.
