Product Descriptions

What Should Retirement Look Like for a Christian?

Preparation for retirement requires more than just financial planning. For most people, and especially for Christians, it comes with a host of other considerations—when to retire, where to live, and how to spend one’s time. Many find themselves asking, Is there a right way to retire?

Drawing from his work with geriatric patients and his own retirement experience, Dr. John Dunlop shares practical strategies for Christians as they approach their retirement years. With Scripture as his guide, he promotes balance between rest and activity—encouraging intimacy with God, service to churches and communities, time with friends and family, and care for one’s health. Among the uncertainties of major life change, readers will be equipped to make decisions for their future as they seek to glorify God in their retirement.

Practical: Provides 10 specific strategies for readers who are facing difficult decisions about their approaching retirement, including guiding questions at the end of each chapter

Grounded in Experience: Written by a retired doctor who practiced geriatric medicine

Balanced: Promotes rest and care for one’s health while also encouraging ongoing work and service for the kingdom of God

Biblical: Draws from Scripture passages on the topics of work, rest, and aging

Table of Contents

Introduction: Your Opportunity to Start Fresh

Strategy 1: Determine Your Priorities

Strategy 2: Retire at the Right Time

Strategy 3: Retire in the Right Place

Strategy 4: Take Care of Yourself

Strategy 5: Love God

Strategy 6: Make Good Friends

Strategy 7: Enjoy and Strengthen Your Family

Strategy 8: Avoid Destructive Pitfalls

Strategy 9: Get Busy

Strategy 10: Be Flexible, Adaptable, and Resilient

Recommended Reading

General Index

Scripture Index

Author Description

John Dunlop (MD, Johns Hopkins University) practiced geriatric medicine for thirty-eight years and taught in the bioethics program at Trinity International University. He now lives in New Haven, Connecticut, where he taught at the Yale School of Medicine. Dunlop is the author of Finishing Well to the Glory of God; Wellness for the Glory of God; and Finding Grace in the Face of Dementia.

Product Details

Author: John Dunlop

Publisher: Crossway

Publication Date: May 24, 2022

Pages: 184 pages