{"product_id":"beauty-within-balance-matthew-j-rawlings-9781837095544","title":"Beauty Within Balance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeauty Within Balance: The Good Bishop Jolly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBishop Alexander Jolly was born in 1756 in Stonehaven, Scotland. He served the Scottish Episcopal Church for over sixty years, lived in poverty by choice, rose at 4 a.m. to pray and study, and died in 1838 leaving behind a reputation so remarkable that the Oxford Movement looked to him as a model of ancient Christian devotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was my relative. A distant uncle. And I had never heard of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr William Walker published a biography of Jolly in 1852, exhaustive and faithful, but buried in the language of its time. I wanted to bring that life back into the light. So I translated it. Kept Walker's bones intact. Changed the sentences so they could breathe again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut somewhere along the way, Jolly's story started talking to mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI had done everything society said would bring contentment. Six-figure income. Thriving business. A family I loved. A house in rural Hampshire. And I was empty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJolly went the other way. He gave everything to God. His locked study. His 4 a.m. mornings. His radical generosity. His complete indifference to status or recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither extreme worked. And somewhere between us, I started to find balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a self-help book. It is not a theology textbook. It is the story of a quietly extraordinary man, told by someone who needed the story and did not know it until he found it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeauty is found in balance. Not in everything. But in most things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHalf of all profits are donated to Duchenne UK and The Jolly Grove Foundation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew J. Rawlings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 183709554X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837095544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew John Rawlings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.12w x 0.16d","brand":"Matthew J. Rawlings","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665407054079,"sku":"9781837095544","price":10.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beauty-within-balance-matthew-j-rawlings-9781837095544","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}