Download or read book A Boomer S Views on Life Love God and Family written by William Lynn Smith and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-24 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Putting our modern life to poetry is no easy feat. William takes everything from the monstrous to the mundane and puts it down in prose for all of us to enjoy. You may see yourself or someone you know in his poems.

Download or read book We Didn t Know We Were Poor Until Somebody Told Us written by William Lynn Smith and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a compilation of the stories William enjoyed and cherished over a lifetime, stories that are factual, somewhat factual, or just out and out tall tales. They recount his family's life during the depression era, the war years and the fabulous fifties and sixties. These stories mostly told by his father describes the trials and joys of growing up in the rural south. To some the descriptions will bring memories flooding back. To others it will present a definite human view of that time in history.

Download or read book Aging with Joy and Impact written by Jerry Black and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-07-26 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you belong to the baby boomer generation,-and there are seventy-six million of us-this book is targeted at you. Whether you attend church or not, this book is for you. If you grew up fearing an angry God and hell if you sinned, this book is for you. If you have that Catholic, Jewish, or other guilts about life, you will find this book comforting, reassuring, and encouraging. If retirement today leaves you feeling unwanted, unneeded, or without purpose, this book is for you. Belonging to a religion and attending services has been a way for many to check something off their "get-to-heaven" list. Going through the motions might fool our brains but not our hearts. As baby boomers (1946–1964), most of us were brought up in a religious environment that stressed obeying all the rules, or an angry God would send us to hell. As imperfect human beings, this formula did not work well for us. Guilt has flourished for decades in many religions that turned us into mechanical law observers, missing the central facet of religion that God is love and mercy, and Jesus is our model. I have expanded on the two-actually three-great commandments to give you practical applications on how, in the "third half" of your spiritual life, you can find joy in your heart and positively impact others. Enjoy my story as well as the stories of sixteen other seniors who have found joy while making positive impact on others.

Download or read book The Persuasive Christian Parent written by Mike D'Virgilio and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers of The Persuasive Christian Parent will learn: - Why parents are the most important influence in their children's lives- That truth should be a consistent topic of conversation with our children- That parents can have confidence in Christian truth and teach that to their kids- Why plausibility is important to a confident faith- How Christianity explains reality far more powerfully than anything else- How a hostile, secular culture can strengthen their children's faithBecause of this hostile, secular culture, many Christian parents fear for their children's faith. The Persuasive Christian Parent offers a powerful panacea to this crisis of confidence with nine foundational concepts parents can teach their children, building in them an enduring, lifelong faith. God has provided Christians everything they need to successfully defend their faith to themselves, and their children. As you engage the arguments in The Persuasive Christian Parent, you will be able to provide answers to the tough questions that daily confront children and parents alike.

Download or read book Baby Boomers Guide written by Steven Testerman and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-04-16 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book is the first in a series for Baby Boomers in search of Spiritual answers. Finding God helps guide you through the first steps you must take if you are to believe in a Higher Power - and is written especially for Baby Boomers Guide by a vintage 1948 author. The Woodstock Generation has some members who are Lost! We are trying to find them. Baby Boomers Guide: Finding God! is written for the nearly half of Boomers who are dropouts from formal religion. There are those who think that "Religion' is a bad thing - this Baby Boomers Guide will try to offer up some ideas for your Spiritual contemplation. I want to share with you what I hope is a logical and plausible case for the existence of God - that can stand up to whatever the Scientists are saying today. These days there are people who want to say that God did not have to exist, or that there was no time for God to have been created. Others think the idea of God is so ridiculous that they make a movie about it! I hope to show you why these things are not necessarily true! Boomers can pose some really hard questions and it is really hard to pull the wool over most Baby Boomer's eyes - it seems like we have seen it all! We have been witness to some pretty remarkable things in our life! We questioned authority We trusted no one over 30! We were and still are ... unique Sometimes this was good Sometimes this didn't work out too well! Times were changing and it was like no other time since. We got to see it all in color! I struggled for several decades of my adult life trying to reconcile what I was taught about God and religion in my youth and what I had learned about science and life. I have come to believe two things: Science and God are totally compatible. A Life of Hope is a good way to go. We present a case for God - but try to do so in a highly-illustrated eBook that takes on topics such as: Is there a God? Is God Dead? Does Science Disprove God? I Don't believe in Adam and Eve The Bible is wrong Who Created the Universe and beyond? Why Believe in God? and much more!

Download or read book Finding Life in the Last Season written by Diane Doering and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FINDING LIFE IN THE LAST SEASON Encouragement for the Aged and Those Who Care for Them This collection of short stories and devotions address the pain and loss of end of-life issues in a straightforward but encouraging way. With the youngest of the "baby boomers" now approaching the age of 50, the numbers of those caring for an aging loved one are growing at a staggering rate. With that grows the need for both to be understood, and to understand, this last season of life. While there is little material available to address these spiritual and emotional needs, God's word is most clear on the esteem He places on the elderly. With that in mind, Finding Life in the Last Seasonwas written to speak to the needs of this swiftly growing audience, and to impact the mission field of the elderly living in care facilities. This collection of devotions and short stories were written and shared in care facility outreaches for the aged, sick and dying over a decade of ministry, and have encouraged thousands with the truth that God's love is constant in changing circumstances; and that through Christ, there is life... even in the last season.

Download or read book Handbook for Boomers written by Franklin Ross Jones and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The helpful information in the Handbook for Boomers comes from author Franklin Ross Joness personal experience, original research, and teaching on human development that is relevant to the lives of the baby boomer generation. The Boomer designation encompasses anyone born in the United States between 1946 and 1964, a group that has seventy-seven million members living today! The most salient features of Handbook for Boomers are those that most Boomers are likely to need at some time in their lives. Whether its advice about marriage, health, divorce, work, or caring for our parents, Boomers who may not have the time, wherewithal, or knowledge of where to turn for assistance in resolving these problems can find their answers here. Jones offers a discussion of the current status of the Boomer generation by reviewing their cultural circumstances, longevity prospects, societal expectations, and developmental tasks. Addressing stress, health, love, sex, recreation, caring for parents, second marriages, second careers, and how to live the good life, this guidebook offers a comprehensive overview of the issues facing Boomers today. Help is now within your reach; the best is yet to come!

Download or read book The God of the Baby Boomers written by Gerald G. Loyd and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The God of the Baby Boomers speaks to a generation that is moving toward the winter season of its life cycle. The book chronicles the moral and political changes that began with the eventful 1960s, which set the stage for the present moral decline. It calls on the Baby Boom generation to assess the heritage it is leaving behind and offers suggestions as to how to stem the present tide of moral and emotional brokenness. Dr. Gerald Loyd has so profoundly and powerfully poured his heart out to this generation. The God of the Baby Boomers is speaking loudly and clearly. I enjoyed the journey, and know you will also. - Rev. Jordan Rodgers The God of the Baby Boomers was written with divine insight, mingled with spiritual and moral conviction, yet tempered with life's experience. Dr. Gerald Loyd exposes the anguish that follows Baby Boomers yet wisely leads them to the remedy-GOD! This book is God's strategy to heal our past and grace our future. - Dr. LaMont Turner Dr. Gerald G. Loyd is a noted pastor, counselor, author and composer. He is in demand as a conference speaker, the heartbeat of whose ministry is the healing of broken lives. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Duquesne University, a Master of Science in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University, a Masters as well as a Doctorate in Theology from Trinity Theological Seminary. Married to the gracious Jacky Kalassa Loyd, he is the father of seven children.

Download or read book We Didn T Know We Were Poor Until Somebody Told Us written by William Lynn Smith and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a compilation of the stories William enjoyed and cherished over a lifetime, stories that are factual, somewhat factual, or just out and out tall tales. They recount his familys life during the depression era, the war years and the fabulous fifties and sixties. These stories mostly told by his father describes the trials and joys of growing up in the rural south. To some the descriptions will bring memories flooding back. To others it will present a definite human view of that time in history.

Download or read book An Uncommon Guide to Retirement written by Jeff Haanen and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What am I going to do with my retirement? People talk about retirement like it’s supposed to be an endless vacation. But what if, like the majority of those facing retirement, you can’t afford such a luxury? Or, what if you just want something more from retirement? Some advocate for no retirement at all. But you’ve worked for decades and a rest and reprieve do sound appealing. What should you do? Does God have a purpose for your retirement? Yes, He does. Learn how to discern what it is by taking an uncommon approach. Jeff Haanen looks biblically and practically at the need for rest and purpose in retirement. And teaches you how to: Take a sabbatical rest in early retirement Listen to God’s voice for their calling in retirement Rethink “work” in retirement Understand family systems and leaving a legacy Planning retirement doesn’t have to be distressing. Retire in a way that’s God-honoring, purpose-filled, restful, and truly biblical.

Download or read book Saint Benedict for Boomers written by Christine M. Fletcher and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saint Benedict for Boomers is based on the idea that no one can retire from being a Christian; we are to love God and our neighbor throughout our life. And it recognizes that aging presents us with change, loss, and death, as well as new growth and opportunities for deep gladness and peace. The Christian vocation is valid when we are healthy and strong and when we are weak and sick. Taking Saint Benedict of Nursia as a guide, Christine Fletcher insists that those in the autumn of their lives still have much to contribute to society and to those around them, even when they are ill and dependent. Benedict's wisdom is perennial, and it remains helpful to those who negotiate new challenges in living well, preserving bodily health, discerning purpose in new stages of living, deepening faith, and ultimately, facing sickness and death.

Download or read book Peace in the Last Third of Life written by Paul F. M. Zahl and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book about aging and dying, written in the language of hope and peace. Also features a surprising amount of Philadelphia Soul.

Download or read book Deep Within My Heart written by John E. Wade II and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2003-01-09 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this book, written over a period of three years, range from deeply personal to political and spiritual ponderings. Having been in analysis since 1977, Wade approaches his topics with a perspective wrought by channeling his unique insight through discipline and contemplation. Wade is a retired certified public accountant with more than 30 years' experience in government and private business. He lives in New Orleans, a city he has grown to love. Throughout his adult life Wade has experienced episodes emanating from his bipolar condition, but now, thanks to a regime of proper diet, enough rest, regular exercise, carefully prescribed medication, and psychoanalysis, he enjoys an active, fulfilling life. "These are thoughtful reflections about faith and human existence from a gentle and sensitive soul. The reader will feel immediately welcomed and at home with John Wade's candid sharings." Donald R. Frampton, Senior Pastor, St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church

Download or read book Attract Families to Your Church and Keep Them Coming Back written by Linda Ranson Jacobs and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To grow and remain vital, churches need to attract families. But the cultural landscape has changed and any church may have two-parent families with children, blended families, boomerang families, adult children of divorce and their families or lack of families, single adults whose family is the church, grandparents parenting again, childless families, co-habitation families, and children with three legal parents. What ministries are helpful in attracting and keeping families active and engaged in the life and mission of the church? This book will help church pastors and leaders navigate the changing tides in ministry to become the kind of church that families want to attend, where the church’s dynamic faith invites families who may then bring their friends.This means reaching out to all kinds of families, some with needs that only a church family can fulfill. With practical helps and suggestions for ministries, worship, small groups, and even facilities, author and family expert Linda Ranson Jacobs will help you create a welcoming place for everyone.

Download or read book Baby Boomers and Beyond written by Amy Hanson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How ministry leaders can help older adults be a vital part of Christian community With the explosion of the older adult population, this important book explores the opportunities and challenges that this presents for the Christian community. Amy Hanson challenges us to let go of many old stereotypes regarding aging and embrace a new paradigm that sees older adults as active, healthy and capable of making significant contributions. Debunks the myths of aging that keep us from fully embracing the potential of people in life's second half Offers suggestions on how to re-invent ministry with older adults Focuses on unleashing older adults to serve and make an impact on churches and congregations A volume in the Leadership Network series The author shows church leaders how they can unleash the power of the baby boomer population to strengthen their congregations.

Download or read book The Philanthropic Planning Companion written by Brian M. Sagrestano and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A donor-centered guide to charitable gift planning for fundraisers and professional advisors The Philanthropic Planning Companion compiles and analyzes the latest research on donor/client behavior, discussing the need for segmented approaches to charitable gift planning based upon the values and personal planning objectives of the donor/client. With its many tools, checklists and sample materials, it will serve as your charitable giving guide in your work with your donors/clients. Whether you are building your practice to work with high net worth clients or you are enhancing your fundraising program, this is the book you will keep close at hand. Outlines how an integrated, donor-centered, values-based, philanthropic planning approach can be implemented Explores the latest research focuses on donor behavior For fundraisers and professional advisors alike, The Philanthropic Planning Companion is the one-stop resource you'll keep by your side to help your donors/clients meet their charitable and personal planning objectives.

Download or read book The Passion Driven Life written by Louis F. Vargas and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12-15 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take your life from mundane to great in love, life, and business with this inspiring guide to finding your passion and living your faith! Louis F. Vargas was a street-smart kid from an immigrant family who went on to graduate from an elite college, make a fortune on Wall Street, then lose it all—only to make an incredible comeback as chairman of an Inc. 500 company. In The Passion Driven Life, Vargas shares his own life story as well as the inspiring stories of other individuals who found success by following their passion with determination and Godly faith. And he shows you the secrets to doing it all yourself. In The Passion Driven Life, you will find the tools you need to transform your life, find balance, and excel further. Some of the many things this book reveals are: How to empower thoughts and re-focus on purpose, passion, and success The 7 Secrets of Business Success How to harness the power of the mind and find out what holds you back Why life’s really not all about you (sorry to disappoint you!) The source of unshakeable faith and hope in life How to overcome setbacks and obstacles How to unleash balance and enjoyment in your life and live at the pace of passion