“Retirement as Spiritual Pilgrimage: Stories, Scripture, and Practices for the Journey” offers a Christian perspective on the personal dimensions of preparing for and living life beyond full-time work. First-person accounts of retirees, reflections on relevant passages of Scripture, and suggested spiritual practices provide insight and guidance for each phase of this journey. Questions for reflection and discussion at the end of each chapter make this book suitable for use by both individuals and small groups (e.g., adult classes, small group studies.)
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Retirement as Spiritual Pilgrimage
Stories, Scripture, and Practices for the Journey
Jerry P. Haas pastored churches in California and Arizona for 25 years and then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to work in retreat and spiritual formation ministries with The Upper Room/General Board of Discipleship. He served as director of the Academy for Spiritual Formation from 1999 to 2010 and spiritual director of The Upper Room from 2010 to 2012. Jerry is the coauthor of Shaping a Life of Significance for Retirement, project coordinator for Upper Room Worshipbook: Music and Liturgies for Spiritual Formation, and coeditor of Rhythm & Fire: Experiencing the Holy in Community and Solitude. He and his wife, Donna, now reside in the Tucscon, Arizona area.
Robert Jack Hansen is mostly retired from a career in research and research leadership. He still works part-time for the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition and consults for the NASA Ames Research Center. He became particularly interested in the personal dimension of transition from full-time work as he was making his own transition. He and his wife, Pat, reside in Greenville, South Carolina.