Marjory Zoet Bankson

Creative Aging

Rethinking Retirement and Non-Retirement in a Changing World

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores the spiritual dimensions of retirement and aging and offers creative ways for you to share your gifts and experience, particularly when retirement leaves you questioning who you are when you are no longer defined by your career.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SkyLight Paths
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9781594732812
• ISBN-10: 1594732817
• Artikelnr.: 28224820

Autorenporträt

Marjory Zoet Bankson is a conference and retreat leader based out of Seekers Church in Washington, DC. Her books include The Soulwork of Clay: A Hands-on Approach to Spirituality (2008) and Creative Aging: Rethinking Retirement and Non-retirement in a Changing World (2010). She holds an honorary doctorate from Virginia Theological Seminary and has served as the president of Faith@Work, a national small-group ministry, and as the editor and publisher of Faith@Work's magazine.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Making the Extra Years Count 1
1.WHAT NOW?
Rethinking Aging 7
2. RELEASE
The Inner Work of Leaving 23
3. RESISTANCE
Moving Beyond Security 41
4. RECLAIMING
Riches from the Past 55
5. REVELATION
Where Does Newness Come From? 71
6. CROSSING POINT
Joining Inner and Outer Worlds 87
7. RISK
Beginning Again with More Focus 101
8. RELATING
Finding the Right Form for Now 117
Epilogue: Living Wholeheartedly 133
Suggestions for Further Reading 137