Autry, James A. The Spirit of Retirement: Creating a life of meaning and spiritual growth. Prima Publishing, 2002. An inspiring and practical aid in the task of living fully during retirement.
Diehl, William E. and Judith Ruhe Diehl. It Ain't Over Till It's Over: A user's guide to the second half of life. Augsburg Fortress, 2003. The writers prefer the term "senior living" to "retirement," and give many examples of how one can minister to others in retirement years.
Fischer, Kathleen. Autumn Gospel: Women in the second half of life. Paulist Press, 1995. The author explores the spiritual dimensions of women's middle and later years as she weaves together stories, experience and research from a variety of traditions.
Funk Wiebe, Katie, ed. Life After 50: A positive look at aging in the faith community. Faith and Life Press, 1993. Nine authors and educators lead a challenging discussion of faith issues related to aging in the church and society.
Martz, Sandra Haldeman. Grow Old Along With Me, The Best Is Yet To Be. Papier-Mache Press, 1996. A celebration of aging in poetry, prose, photographs.
Morgan, Richard L. I never found that rocking chair: God's call at retirement. Upper Room, 1992. Short meditations on the spiritual dimensions of retirement.
Saussy, Carroll. The Art of Growing Old: A guide to faithful aging. Augsburg, 1998. Each chapter moves from theory to practice with thought-provoking questions, suggestions, and illustrations of how the tasks of aging can be accomplished.
United Church of Canada. Joys & Challenges of Aging: A congregational study guide, 2001. Eight sessions based on the United Church's "Ethical and Theological Statement on Aging," adopted in 2000.
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