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Beyond The Rocking Chair God's Call at Retirement by Richard L Morgan This book deals with finding meaning in the "refined"years and can be of special meaning to the burgeoning number of Boomers who are retiring now and will do so in great volume in the coming years.  What Our Readers Say |
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"Retired" banker, Howard C. Morgan, said that when retired, he went from Who's Who to Who's He? He went on a retreat and prioritized how he would spend his retirement years. Since that time he served as chairman on the Board of Chicago Theological Seminary, and was a major factor in helping the Seminary relocate to the South Side, as well as adding millions to their endowment. Author Kathleen Fischer has this to say about Beyond the Rocking Chair. "This book offers up a new vision of retirement - a vision of a time in one's life that can be a time of rewarding involvement and deepening spirituality. It will be an insightful, powerful companion to those who are recently retired." |
This revision of an earlier work shows that creative retirement can be both rest and vital involvement, so that retirees never rust out or wear out. As writer Jane Chittester has said, "Retirement has nothing to do with whether we work or whether we don't. It has something to do only with the kind of work we do and the reason we do it. The purpose of retirement is not to free us from working. It is to free us from being chained to it like road gangs to gravel beds. Work is a necessary dimension for the spiritual life." Joan Chittester, The Gift of Years |
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