CrossCurrents connects the wisdom of the heart with the life of the mind and the experiences of the body. The journal is operated through its parent organization, the Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life (APRIL), an interreligious network of academics, activists, artists, and community leaders seeking to engage the many ways religion meets the public. Contributions to the journal exist at the nexus of religion, education, the arts, and social justice. In the Winter 2008 issue of CrossCurrents:"Thomas Merton Global Prophet" by Victor A. Kramer"Commentary" by Glenn Crider"'The Surest Home Is Pointless': A Pathless Path through Merton's Poetic Corpus" by Patrick F. O'Connell"'Love for the Paradise Mystery'--Thomas Merton: Contemplative Ecologist" BY Kathleen Deignan"Thomas Merton's Re&8208, Visioning the New World at Intercultural Borders" BY Malgorzata Poks"Thomas Merton's Contemplation: Rarefied Emblem of Being Human and Living in Mystery" BY Glenn Crider"Excerpt from Thomas Merton, Monk and Prophet of Peace: The Opening Address at the 2005 International Thomas Merton Society General Meeting" BY John Eudes Bamberger"Excerpt from the conclusion of 'Sharing the Experience of the Divine Light': Thomas Merton's Path to Inter&8208, religious Understanding, Encounters and Dialogues with Muslims from the American Benedictine Academy Convention (2008)" by Sidney H. Griffith"What to Listen for: Merton as Teacher--A Note" by Victor A. Kramer Glenn Crider"Thomas Merton, Initiation into the Monastic Tradition, Vols. 1-3" book review by Mark DelCogliano