Jubilee Years - Embracing Clergy Retirement

Veteran minister Bruce Epperly challenges and empowers clergy to see retirement as a celebration of new possibilities. This book garners wisdom from over 100 retired pastors, from personal preparation and public announcement to first steps following retirement and long-term adventures.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A NEW BEGINNING
CHAPTER ONEINVITATION TO ADVENTURE
CHAPTER TWOTHEOLOGICAL GUIDEPOSTS
CHAPTER THREEEMBARKING ON A VISION QUEST
CHAPTER FOURTHE BODY IS THE TEMPLE
CHAPTER FIVEBRICKS, MORTAR, MONEY, AND MOVEMENT
CHAPTER SIX TRANSFORMATIVE THINKING
CHAPTER SEVEN LIVING IN THE SPIRIT
CHAPTER EIGHTCHANGING RELATIONSHIPS
CHAPTER NINECOMPANIONING WITH GOD
CHAPTER TENNECESSARY LOSSES
COMMENCMENT WORDS: THE JOURNEY AHEAD

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By Bruce Epperly

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Taking inspiration from the Spanish word for retirement-jubilacion- veteran minister Bruce Epperly challenges and empowers clergy to see retirement as a celebration of new possibilities and not an inexorable diminishment towards irrelevance

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bruce Epperly
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781538145487
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4548-7
• Pagine: 168
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Condotta di vita, auto-realizzazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo; SELF-HELP / Aging, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources, Christianity, Christian life & practice, Relating to Christian people & groups, RELIGION / Christian Living / Leadership & Mentoring, Coping with ageing, Coping with old age, Christian social thought & activity, Religious social & pastoral thought & activity, aging;life stages;ministry;retirement;self-care