Robert Atwell
Autor de Celebrating the Saints: Devotional Readings for Saints' Days
Obras de Robert Atwell
Celebrating the Saints (paperback): Daily spiritual readings for the calendars of the Church of England, the Church of… (2017) 8 copias
American Community Colleges: A Guide 10th Edition (American Council on Education Oryx Press Series on Higher Education) (1995) 1 copia
Pilgrim: Turning to Christ 1 copia
The Contented Life 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- male
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 15
- Miembros
- 243
- Popularidad
- #93,557
- Valoración
- 4.2
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 27
Atwell begins Soul Unfinished with an invitation. In our day and age, we can generally expect to live longer than our parents and grand-parents. So when retirement rolls around, we can choose to not give up but keep on living. Atwell exhorts us to continue taking risks, share wisdom and to go deeper in our relationship with God. Atwell then describes retirement age, life in later years, memories and the role of elders in nurturing corporate memory, the healing painful memories, forgiveness and reconciliation, self discovery and becoming and finding happiness, joy and gratitude.
I am not from the demographic which Atwell is writing. As I am still in my thirties I hope I am not in the last quarter of my life! Therefore it is difficult for me to evaluate the content; however I have ministered to seniors and can see the wisdom and sensitivity with which he approaches the issues. Seniors need to be told that they still have something valuable to offer, that their life is not over and that this is the time to deepen their faith relationship. Nearing sixty himself, Atwell doesn’t write disinterested advice as retirement is just around the corner for him too.
I gleaned from Atwell insights into how to speak meaningfully to people at this stage in life; yet the people who will find this book most valuable are seniors and those nearing retirement. I think this would make a great gift book for the well loved retiree in your life. At the time of this posting, the e-book of this book is $2.99 on Amazon.
Thanks to Paraclete Press for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for this review.
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