Aging Matters: Finding Your Calling for the Rest of Your Life
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (812 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802872336 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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With candor regarding the temptations and limits that come with age, he offers an invigorating vision of final years lived generously and purposefully. Aging Matters may well be his most important work — important because we are living longer than ever and finding ourselves with fewer resources to live well and wisely. A very helpful, hopeful, faith-informed approach to one of the most significant challenges of our time.” . This book is a brilliantly crafted, prayerfully shaped witness for living to the glory of God.” Marilyn McEntyre — author of A Faithful Farewell “Stevens’s understanding of aging as a calling provides a foundation f
Paul Stevens, is a lifelong process — one that takes on even more significance in later life. . Stevens delves into matters of calling, spirituality, and legacy in retirement, showing that we must continue to discern our vocation as we grow older in order to remain meaningfully engaged for the rest of our lives. Vocational discernment, says R. In this book Stevens argues that our calling does not end with formal retirement; to the contrary, we do well to keep on working, if possible, till life’s end. He reframes retirement as a time of continued calling and productivity and points to biblical wisdom that can help us redefine aging as an extraordinarily fruitful season of life
Quotes by other writers. Sue Latham This book is filled with information. However, most of it contains quotes by other people, and not much contribution by the author. He does give credit to the originators of those statements, so each page has numerous acknowledgements at the bottom. A bit laborious to read, and I was disappointed.. Wise, well-written, and profound study on aging Having read several of Paul Stevens' books, I was prepared to be instructed, challenged and encouraged by his new book on Aging--and I was not disappointed. Paul Stevens has great wisdom, and he shares it here in abundance. As he does in all his books, he carefully mines the Scriptures--both Old and New Testament--for what can be learned and applied to those of us baby boomers who are entering the "third third" of life.Stevens argues that the Scripture knows nothing of the relati. It's a book I should have read 20 years ago It's a book I should have read 20 years ago or more than that. It would have helped me prepare my aging process and Christian livi. I feel people in their It's a book I should have read 20 years ago Amazon Customer It's a book I should have read 20 years ago or more than that. It would have helped me prepare my aging process and Christian livi. I feel people in their 40's should make it a book for helping them prepare in their aging process. It made me realize I am still important and we all need each other.. 0's should make it a book for helping them prepare in their aging process. It made me realize I am still important and we all need each other.