Devote the back half of your life to serving others with your wisdom. Get old sharing the things you believe are most important. -Arthur Brooks
By the time we get to the second half of our lives, it’s time to think about how our experiences—the good, the bad, and the worst—can become a blessing to others. In the ‘second half,’ we find we have a stock of knowledge that can be passed on to others. This conversation with Glenn S. Reynolds (Dmin, JD)* is all about surviving the worst, what matters most, and the ‘wisdom years’ is brought to you by Arthur Brooks’ From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life.
Resources Mentioned:
Surviving the Worst: A 30-Day Experience to Mend Your Heart
Book of Hours
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
The Book of Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals
When It’s Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It by Rory O’Connor
Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Tim Keller
From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur C. Brooks
Ordering Your Private World by Gordon MacDonald
Gordon MacDonald/Carey Nieuhoff Leadership Podcast
Spiritual Rhythms for the Enneagram: A Handbook for Harmony and Transformation by Adele Calhoun
The Road to Character by David Brooks
James Emory White’s Summer Reading List
Wall Street Journal
*Follow Glenn S. Reynolds at www.GlennSReynolds.com.
YPRB host Heather Weber is a book-obsessed pastor, author, and holistic life and leadership coach. She is the author of Dear Boy,: An Epistolary Memoir. Find out more about her coaching, pastoral direction, and creative projects at www.heatherweber.org. And, subscribe to her Dear Exiles newsletter at heatherweber.substack.com.
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