CONTENTS

Foreword

Introduction

PART I UNION WITH CHRIST: WHAT IS IT AND WHY DO WE NEED IT?

Chapter 1 Living in the Gap

Chapter 2 Union with Christ: What Is It?

Chapter 3 Why We Need It: Two Songs Playing in Our Heads

Part II UNION WITH CHRIST: WHERE DID IT COME FROM? WHERE DID IT GO?

Chapter 4 Union with Christ in the Bible

Chapter 5 Union with Christ in the Historic Tradition

Chapter 6 Whatever Happened to Union with Christ?

Part III UNION WITH CHRIST: WHAT PROBLEMS DOES IT SOLVE?

Chapter 7 A New Identity: Who Am I?

Chapter 8 A New Horizon: Where Am I Headed?

Chapter 9 A New Purpose: What Am I Here For?

Chapter 10 A New Hope: What Can I Hope For?

Part IV UNION WITH CHRIST: DAY BY DAY

Chapter 11 The Art of Abiding

Chapter 12 The Means of Abiding

Chapter 13 The Secret of Abiding

Chapter 14 The Necessary Path of Abiding: Suffering

Chapter 15 Every Day—Union with the Cosmic Christ

Final Word A Prayer for Union with Christ

Acknowledgments

Notes