Looking Forward to the Rest of Your Life?: Embracing Midlife and Beyond

by Lorry Lutz

Your kids may be grown. Your career may be behind you or you may be between jobs. But that doesn't mean your work is over! You are valuable and your unique gifts are still needed in the world. Looking... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801064597
• ISBN13: 9780801064593
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Baker
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Invaluable for any woman over 50.

Having read Risk Takers for God by Lorry Lutz and having personally met this amazing woman I was expectant in reading this book. I was deeply impressesd and I have given the book to a number of people. The personal life stories of the women are so helpful and climax with the best story of all. The book will inspire vision for the later years in a woman's life, giving practical assistance including financial wisdom.

Finishing Well....Mission & Ministry with Diligence to the End

The concept of embracing the midlife or any age beyond is something which doesn't get much positive attention in our world as it exists today. Many people fear growing old - being irrelevant, being ignored - and worse, being useless. In the church today, there are programs for people in the "and beyond" age category with a mission that fulfills one cliché or another. Older people have "paid their dues" and now this is "there time" to enjoy each other, spending their time only with each other doing crafts, having lunch - because they have no real ability to commit to the important work of the Kingdom. Well, if you believe that any of this is true, you not only have a serious problem, but you need to read this book. The way this book is organized helps to keep the reader engaged. Each chapter includes the author's perspective on the role of the more seasoned members of the Christian community as well as a biographical sketch of an important woman who have served the church. Sketches of these godly women include Win Couchman, Eliza Davis George, and Evelyn Christenson. "To finish well" is the essential message of the book, to encourage women that growing old does not mean that our ministry is over and passing the torch is something we must do when we can start receiving social security. No, ministry persists, and sometimes change, but we're called to be diligent in our service to the end. This book, while clearly inviting senior Christians to be bold in their desire to serve God, will also challenge them in their comfort zones. The author affirms that she has to keep herself in check. In her attitude, she wants to avoid propagating certain myths about older generations. "Am I resistant to change?" "Do I want to be merely entertained?" and "Do I consider children and young people in the church a noisy distraction rather than an opportunity to love and nurture the next generation?" (p. 158) This is an important book for both men and women to read as I believe much of what she says definitely resonates across gender lines. But especially for women in ministry, this is an important book from which to glean wisdom and understanding through the passion and experience of godly examples of womanhood.