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9780835811170

Pilgrimage into the Last Third of Life

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  • ISBN13:

    9780835811170

  • ISBN10:

    0835811174

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-09-01
  • Publisher: Upper Room
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Summary

How shall we spend our God-gift of an extra three decades? The Last Third of life (age 60 and beyond) offers significant challenges that Thibault and Morgan propose we approach as a pilgrimage. Their scripture-based meditations and reflection questions examine 7 tasks essential to living the Last Third fearlessly and with purpose:

Table of Contents

Prayer for Agingp. 7
Preface: A Word to Our Readersp. 9
Facing Aging and Dying
Go on a Pilgrimagep. 14
Looking Age Straight in the Facep. 17
120-Blessing or Curse?p. 19
Affirm Your Agep. 22
Long Life Is Not Enoughp. 24
Still Flourishing in Old Agep. 27
Practice Dyingp. 29
Living with Limitations
Limited But Renewedp. 32
Don't Get Around Much Anymorep. 34
Aging's Double Whammyp. 36
Downsized But Growingp. 38
Bent But Not Brokenp. 40
Jesus' Promisep. 42
Why Doesn't God Take Me?p. 45
Doing Inner Work
The Work of Forgivingp. 48
Rummaging for Godp. 50
Envy: A Deadly Sin of Later Lifep. 52
Pride: Another Deadly Sinp. 55
Afternoon Workp. 57
Drop the Mask; Get Real!p. 59
A Hard Thing to Bep. 62
Living In and Out of Community
Created for Communityp. 66
The Inner Circlep. 69
Stability at Lastp. 71
Welcoming Neighbors and Strangersp. 73
Learning Interdependence: To Receive Is to Givep. 75
Possessed by Possessions: Owned by Stuffp. 78
Becoming a Christ-giftp. 81
Prayer and Contemplation
Meditate Not Vegetatep. 86
Silence, Please!p. 88
Solitary Refinementp. 90
Divine Readingp. 92
Accepting Uncertainlyp. 94
Savoring Your Lifep. 97
Corresponding with Godp. 100
Redeeming Loss and Suffering
Finding the Gifts of Diminishmentp. 104
Lessons from Gethsemane (Part 1)p. 106
Lessons from Gethsemane (Part 2)p. 109
Dedicate Pain and Suffering to Help Othersp. 112
Aging: A Natural Monastery?p. 115
So Many Lossesp. 118
My Friends-They're All Gonep. 121
Leaving a Legacy
How Do You Want to Be Remembered?p. 124
Connecting with Ancestorsp. 126
My Legacy: Faith at the End of Lifep. 128
The Power of Loving-kindnessp. 130
My Legacy: Dedicated Sufferingp. 133
Letter to Grandchildrenp. 136
The Final Gatewayp. 138
Suggested Readingp. 141
About the Authorsp. 142
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