Aging Matters: Finding Your Calling for the Rest of Your Life
 Academy of Parish Clergy’s Top Ten Books for Parish Ministry

Vocational discernment, says R. Paul Stevens, is a lifelong process — one that takes on even more significance in later life. 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.

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. 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.
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Aging Matters: Finding Your Calling for the Rest of Your Life
 Academy of Parish Clergy’s Top Ten Books for Parish Ministry

Vocational discernment, says R. Paul Stevens, is a lifelong process — one that takes on even more significance in later life. 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.

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. 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.
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Aging Matters: Finding Your Calling for the Rest of Your Life

Aging Matters: Finding Your Calling for the Rest of Your Life

by R. Paul Stevens
Aging Matters: Finding Your Calling for the Rest of Your Life

Aging Matters: Finding Your Calling for the Rest of Your Life

by R. Paul Stevens

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 Academy of Parish Clergy’s Top Ten Books for Parish Ministry

Vocational discernment, says R. Paul Stevens, is a lifelong process — one that takes on even more significance in later life. 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.

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. 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467445467
Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date: 04/05/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 199
File size: 551 KB

About the Author

R. Paul Stevens is professor emeritus of marketplace theology and leadership at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia. His previous books include Work Matters: Lessons from Scripture and (with Alvin Ung) Taking Your Soul to Work: Overcoming the Nine Deadly Sins of the Workplace.
R. Paul Stevens is professor emeritus of marketplace theology and leadership at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part 1 Calling

1 Reframing Retirement 11

2 The Immensely Important Matter of Late-Life Calling 29

3 Late-Life Calling and the People of God 46

Part 2 Spirituality

4 Aging as a Spiritual Journey 65

5 The Vices of Aging 84

6 The Virtues of Late Life 100

Part 3 Legacy

7 Leaving a Multifaceted Legacy 121

8 Life Review and Life Preview 140

9 The End That Is the Beginning 159

Epilogue: A Reflection at the Graveside 179

Bibliography 183

Index 189

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