Fully Beloved - by Timothy Jones (Paperback)

About the Book

Author and pastor Timothy Jones brings into sharp focus one of the most pressing questions of our lives: Am I loved? He offers readers an authentic, intimate, and spiritually nourishing exploration of how God's nature of love really impacts our lives, unlocking our deep healing, our connection with others, and our passion for life.

Book Synopsis

Discover the life-changing answer to your soul's deepest question: Am I loved?

In Fully Beloved, author and pastor Timothy Jones leads you on a spiritually nourishing exploration of how God's nature of love really impacts your life, bringing deep healing, richer connection with others, and renewed passion for life.

Whether in silence, busyness, or middle-of-the-night wonderings, many Christians know a lonely restlessness, a longing for richer communion with God, and a fundamental question about themselves they can't seem to shake: Am I loved?

In Fully Beloved, pastor Timothy Jones helps you explore how answering the question, "Am I loved?" is both your lifetime's work and every moment's challenge. Weaving together personal stories from Jones' decades of pastoring, praying, grieving, and wrestling, alongside biblical insights, and the writings of spiritual mentors such as St. Augustine, Julian of Norwich, and Emily Dickinson, this book invites you to embrace:

• God's personal invitation to know true love in a hurting world
• How intimacy with God and your brokenness intertwine
• Greater passion for ancient Christian practices
• Deeper connection with God, yourself, and others
• Renewed awareness of how God redeems your pain and brokenness

It is time to quench the thirst in your soul with a truth so full that it reaches deep into your heart's losses and transforms them into a stubborn and abundant joy that knows what it means to be Fully Beloved.

Review Quotes

and lt;iand gt; For decades, Timothy Jones has faithfully held out the invitation to know true love and goodness through Christ. His books have decorated our shelves and penetrated our thick, weary skin. He's done it again with renewed insight on the subject of our most profound ache: Am I loved? Oh my, how we need the answer over and over! With Fully Beloved, Tim has given the Beloved Community just that. Like an artist, he paints beautiful stories that lead to transformative answers. This is truly literature of the loving kind. and lt;iand gt;-- Andi Ashworth & Charlie Peacock Co-authors of Why Everything That Doesn't Matter, Matters So Much: The Way of Love in a World of Hurt

Fully Beloved touched me so deeply it is hard to explain. ...I know I am loved by God and by many who are dear to me. But, man, I needed this. The subtitle is important -- it is nothing short of eloquent in describing in lovely prose just how hurting many of us are (and, yet, somehow, still have hopes and dreams.) Can God be there for us? What if we do not sense God's presence? (Or as the back cover puts it, 'Would God ever ghost you?') Do we really know God's love? This perennial question is one of the most urgent we can ask, and Jones is an expert and generous guide. He doesn't force the questions, but tells stories that evoke our own griefs and longings, wrestlings-with-God. ... And here is what else makes this book unique (besides the careful, beautiful writing.) The book is, without saying it, about the Trinity. It is the Triune God that loves us, and even though it is full of stories (and the stories of those who have gone before us, from Augustine to Julian of Norwich, to Emily Dickinson) Fully Beloved is a primer on the Trinity. ... Henri Nouwen and Parker Palmer and so many others have written about [our belovedness in God], but there is something about Jones's appropriation of the Trinity and the 'three personed God' (as John Donne puts) that gives this a gentle bit of heft. ... For some, it is going to be life-saving.-- Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore Newsletter

'In Fully Beloved, Tim Jones hits the heart--naming the ache of loneliness and our lifelong quest for belonging. With honesty and relatability, he invites us to encounter the God of divine love, who draws us irresistibly into deeper healing and wholeness.'-- Sandra McCracken, singer and songwriter

'Tim has a remarkable gift for depth made easy (and enjoyable!) to read.'-- Michael Lloyd, Principal of Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford, author of Café Theology

'Tim Jones has done something remarkable. Fully Beloved explores the possibility of a loving God who meets us where we are in each moment of our lives: in peace or struggle, joy or despair. With intensely personal stories, Jones helps us to see our interaction with the Holy Trinity as a vital and relatable relationship, as gentle as whispered prayer, as real as unexpected hope on our darkest day.'-- David Bannon, author of A Hope Observed and Wounded in Spirit

'What if a genuine grasp of the relationality of the Trinity is a gateway to a life-changing understanding that we are the beloved of the triune God of grace? It's a mysterious and complex idea, to be sure. But in the hands of Timothy Jones, a skilled wordsmith, artful storyteller and theologically astute writer, we are invited through that doorway and into a life rich in relationship with God. This profoundly moving book is one I savored, and you will, too.'-- Jeff Crosby, author of The Language of the Soul and World of Wonders