You are the Beloved: Daily Meditations for Spiritual Living

Our true identity is that we are beloved children of God, loved before anyone else ever loved or wounded us. This truth is expressed by the voice that says, "You are my beloved." - Henri Nouwen, Life of the Beloved. "You Are Beloved" is a daily devotional that reveals our identity as children of God and encourages us to live out that truth in our daily lives. Nouwen is accessible, unafraid to wrestle with challenging questions, and an encouraging and sympathetic voice.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 416 pages
Publication date: 20 September 2018
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

We are the Beloved. We are loved intimately long before our parents, teachers, spouses, children, and friends loved or wounded us. That's the truth of our lives. That's the truth I want you to claim for yourself. That's the truth spoken by the voice that says, "You are my Beloved."

- Henri Nouwen, Life of the Beloved

Henri Nouwen, a priest, professor, and writer, dedicated much of his later ministry to emphasizing the singular concept of our identity as the Beloved of God. In an interview, he stated that he believed the central moment in Jesus' public ministry to be his baptism in the Jordan, when Jesus heard the affirmation, "You are my beloved son on whom my favor rests."

That is the core experience of Jesus, Nouwen writes. He is reminded in a deep, deep way of who he is... I think his whole life is continually claiming that identity in the midst of everything.

"You Are Beloved" is a daily devotional created from the very best of Nouwen's writings, paired with daily Scripture readings, that reveals our identity as children of God and encourages us to live out that truth in our daily lives. Nouwen is at once refreshingly accessible, unafraid to wrestle with challenging questions, and above all an encouraging and sympathetic voice along the way.

Weight: 288g
Dimension: 199 x 172 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781473632554