Your Longing Has A Name:
Come Alive to the Story You Were Made For
Have you ever wondered who God had in mind before you came to be? Dominic Done examines seven gifts that, when practiced through the help of the Holy Spirit, will restore you, cause you to flourish, and empower you to come alive to the story you were made for.
How is the health of your soul? Is the deepest part of you flourishing—or is it languishing and gasping for air? Life lately has been filled with exhausting challenges: personal loss, political division, economic turmoil, faith deconstruction, and isolation. And our soul feels it.
Yet in the face of uncertainty, the Bible assures us we can thrive inwardly. Jesus promised his followers the abundant life. But how do we find it? How can we flourish in difficult times?
In Your Longing Has a Name, author Dominic Done casts a beautiful vision of hope, revealing seven gifts God has provided for the health of the soul.
He weaves together:
·A unique approach to understanding our purpose
·Fresh language designed for current times of crisis and spiritual uncertainty
·Soulful theology that focuses on our identity in Christ rather than rules-based legalism
·Deeply moving personal stories, biblical insights, and relatable discussions on the human ache for meaning
·Examples from history, literature, art, and culture
Your Longing Has a Name paints a picture of hope during a time of crisis and confusion and helps us find ways for our soul to come alive.
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What People Are Saying…
“This books is a gift for our souls”
“Your Longing Has a Name shows us a unique way to shift our perspective when looking at our purpose and calling.”
“Dominic Done is a thinker for our time. His ability to apply the Christian vision to our deepest, darkest secrets is a beautiful gift to the church.”
“Your Longing Has a Name is a delightful read that will no doubt help many people connect more deeply with God! Dominic Done’s smooth writing style and vivid illustrations demystify the process of growing in spiritual maturity.”
“Your Longing Has a Name is not only insightful and encouraging, but it’s beautifully written. It offers seven practical ideas, rooted in Scripture, to help you experience a truly flourishing life as part of God’s story.”
“Dominic Done weaves together Spiritual truths and fascinating research with his own crystalline way of turning a phrase, and the result is a singularly hope-filled creation. The way he illuminates the connection between genuine soul care and the flourishing life is incredibly profound and wise.”
“Dominic Done addresses the heartache and confusion in today’s culture and the health of what matters most—our soul. He brilliantly unveils a timely yet ancient truth reminding us that there is a road to redemption, a journey to joy, a person to follow—and that our longing has a name.”
“Your Longing Has a Name is a beautifully written invitation to rest fully in our Father who has given us everything we need. This book is a must read for every languishing heart. Every sojourner searching for peace in this chaotic world. Every desert dweller who longs for rain to fall and flourish the seeds already planted in their soul.”
“Dominic Done is the perfect person to write Your Longing Has a Name because of his keen ability to make the important connections between the Scriptures and our unique experiences. This beautiful book invites the life of God into your soul.”
“Dominic Done continues his work of pursuing faith by exploring how the deep longings of our empty, tired souls can be filled, now and for always. It’s Moses’ ancient cry ‘Show me your glory’ meeting the seven gifts of 2 Peter 1 that bring forth the deep flourishing of our souls”
“Many of us, including leaders and families, have been deeply wounded by performance alone and less care for the soul. Dominic call us out of the darkness to see the internal dynamics of the soul’s health as the springboard of life and true success.”
“Your Longing Has a Name is a compelling reminder of the story we were made for, the one that captures our hearts, souls, and lives with a beautiful truth. Dominic Done encourages us to dare to hope in a world tinged with the grey of uncertainty, expectant that we will find more than we longed for.”
“We are living through times that test the soul. Full of wisdom and insight forged in the furnace of his own experience, Dominic Done has written a book that will provide anyone struggling to make sense of their journey with a roadmap to forming a resilient, integrated and flourishing life.”
“With lyrical prose and powerful insights, Dominic Done points to a roadmap for the soul in an often-overlooked passage of Scripture. I finished Your Longing Has a Name filled with confidence that a life of meaning and fulfillment, while not easy, is possible. God used this book to breathe fresh life into my soul. I know it will do the same for many others too.”
“Your Longing Has a Name invites us on a journey to find our purpose in this ever-changing world. Using the Bible as his guide, Dominic graciously and masterfully reveals through story how the character, nature, and beauty of Jesus serve as the true longing of our soul.”
“Through his own story of heartbreak and breakthrough, Dominic Done reminds us, going all the way back to Jesus’ first followers and closest friends, that God has something beautiful waiting for us on the other side of not giving up.”
“In a culture permeated with personal improvement strategies comes a biblically saturated joyous path to being a Jesus disciple. Dominic Done engages us with his witty humor, education, and wonderfully weird experiences to entice us into a very attainable journey to live a flourishing life.”
“We live in a world constantly and incredibly bombarded every day by powerful identity-shaping messages that influence us, whether we realize it or not. I am so thankful that Dominic Done has written a biblically based guide to understanding our place in God’s story and how He created us to live, all while the culture pressures us to be someone else.”
“Few would dare say that the world is going the way it is supposed to go. Indeed, things are broken. But the Christian narrative poignantly described in Your Longing Has a Name refuses to accept the status quo. We worship the God who longs for us—and who we were made to long for.”
“Jesus promised us abundant life, but if we are honest, most of us don’t often experience that abundant life. Dominic Done provides a practical path forward on how to flourish the way that God intends.”
“Page after page of Your Longing Has a Name is filled with poetically crafted wisdom that will saturate your beaten and bruised soul with what can only be called beauty—the kind of beauty your soul was made to crave.”
“We live in times when our souls are languishing, and not through lack of effort. More is spent on self-improvement than ever before, yet we see the signs of decay everywhere. What shape is your soul in these days? My friend Dominic Done has done us all a great favor in writing this look at life through the lens of one of Jesus’ best friends: Peter. Who better than Peter to guide us into the life and ways of Jesus?”
“My soul needed this book! If you’re feeling exhausted or overwhelmed, Dominic is a trustworthy guide whose words are true, his prose beautiful, and his vision captivating of the God for whom your heart aches.”
“Your Longing Has a Name is relevant, practically and helpful for everyone who has ever gone through a difficult season of life.”
“Your Longing Has a Name is filled with hope, and people need hope especially today. Dominic Done beautifully and compellingly through Scripture, history, and personal stories points us to the source of all hope, Jesus. I loved this book, and I know you will too.”
“Grounded in the timeless wisdom of Scripture, Your Longing Has a Name is a must-read for anyone seeking clarity on God’s will, purpose, and calling for their life. With humor, poetic reflection, and pastoral care, Dominic uniquely draws us into the story of God and makes profound truths accessible.”
“Deep in our hearts is an ache—for meaning, for purpose, for love itself. With the tenderness of a pastor and the precision of a theologian, Dominic Done helps us recognize how God speaks to us in our longings and forms us in his love. This is a book that has the power not only to inform your mind but to awaken your heart.”
“We live in a culture obsessed with flourishing, yet it’s hard to say what it really is and why it seems just out of reach. With keen biblical insight and practical know-how, Dominic Done develops a much richer, expansive view of flourishing, showing how our deep hunger for God is actually the center of our quest for happiness.”
“Dominic Done unpacks what it means for each of us to live into the story for which we were created. Rooted in God’s wondrous love for each of us, the way of flourishing comes clear. In saying YES to what God intends for us, life takes on right courses and new vistas.”