Looking Forward to the Rest of Your Life? : Embracing Midlife and Beyond

by Lutz, Lorry

• ISBN13: 9780801064593
• ISBN10: 0801064597
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: Baker Books

Summary

Your kids may be grown. Your career may be behind you or you may be between jobs. But that doesn't mean your work is over! You are valuable and your unique gifts are still needed in the world.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 11
Introduction: How I Learned I Was a "Little Old Lady"	p. 13
Vonette Bright: A Revered Elder Stateswoman	p. 16
Biblical Models: Facing the Future with Vision and Grace	p. 26
Joy Dawson: Vision in the Midst of Pain	p. 37
Aging through the Ages	p. 49
Eliza Davis George: Keeping Passion Alive to the Very End	p. 63
Growing Old in the Twenty-first Century	p. 73
Ione Larson: Attitude Is a Decision	p. 84
How Baby Boomers Can Prepare for the Second Half of Life	p. 94
Robyn Claydon: Choosing a New Second Half	p. 111
Preparing for Difficult Transitions	p. 121
Mavis Nkosi: A Burden That Won't Let Go	p. 139
How the Church Helps Women Finish Well	p. 150
Win Couchman: A Wise Woman	p. 168
Finding the Key to Fruitful Bonus Years	p. 179
Nancy Miller: Turning Wealth into a Godly Passion	p. 192
Turning Your Heart to God's Passion	p. 200
Evelyn Christenson: Can Life Begin at Fifty?	p. 212
How to Finish Well	p. 222
Blanche Brittain: "Jesus Led Me All the Way"	p. 232
Appendix A	p. 237
Appendix B	p. 239
Appendix C	p. 241
Notes	p. 243
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