tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post1269919793550764417..comments2024-03-29T09:20:16.581-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Thoughts on retirement. . . Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-22512497361381897012021-08-04T12:17:01.551-05:002021-08-04T12:17:01.551-05:00Here comes the “woman comment.”
Women who don’t w...Here comes the “woman comment.”<br /><br />Women who don’t work “outside the home” generally don’t retire. Those who do may retire from a paying job, but not from the home. <br /><br />I don’t have children, but for those who do, I’ve noticed parents never retire from being parents, no matter how old the child is. I witnessed this in my mother, who lived with us for 18 years. <br /><br />Cooking, cleaning, caring for sick children (and adults, i.e. husbands) is not something from which you retire. <br /><br />Having a husband who is now retired, and who has gone back to work part time to stay busy doesn’t mean I get time off from what goes on in the home. I am thankful for his help when I need it, and also thankful for the time apart.<br /><br />Work is a part of what God has given man to do, and whether we retire from a position or employment, there is still work to be done. The key is not to become slothful, and in the words of the Proverb, remember the ant.Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-24574263301101387522021-08-03T16:06:06.126-05:002021-08-03T16:06:06.126-05:00I'm about to complete my 13th year of retireme...I'm about to complete my 13th year of retirement. I thank God daily for the state He brought me to and for the home He gave my wife and I. He put us in a congregation (Lutheran Church of the Risen Savior, Green Valley, AZ) of brothers and sisters in Christ who worship in love and serve our community. My wife and I have time together to make our home, worship together, travel, visit family and friends, and develop our own interests. In fact we often remark we're busier now than when we worked. Leaving a 25 year career in law enforcement and a 37 year military career (12 active/25 Nat'l Guard) I find solace in daily being in God's Word. That we are truly blessed is an understatement.<br /><br />Fiat Pax,<br />Dick LoeschRMHLoeschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07465088357288123193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-88805939677283130852021-08-02T16:44:23.763-05:002021-08-02T16:44:23.763-05:00"What is it that we should retire from? From...<i>"What is it that we should retire from? From a life of worship and prayer? From the vocation of the baptized? From the duty of love as husband to wife and wife to husband? From the responsibilities to family (probably more than simply children at this point)? From the call to love our neighbor as Christ has loved us? From the calling to do good to all and to live as best one may with clear conscience? From the privilege of tithes and offerings, of time in service, and of talent employed for the benefit of God and others? From being productive to being a leech, taking instead of giving?"</i><br /><br />What Christians have advocated that a person's retirement from an occupation or vocation involves abandoning the duties or callings in any of these questions, or have defined retirement as becoming "a leech"?<br /><br />Depending on one's physical and mental abilities, one may retire from one occupation or vocation to begin another occupation or vocation, even if that vocation is carried out predominantly in and around one's home.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-53922670947010890662021-08-02T11:34:23.683-05:002021-08-02T11:34:23.683-05:00I'll give it a go.
First, there is (oftentime...I'll give it a go.<br /><br />First, there is (oftentimes) the all-important distinction between working for a soul-sucking, life-draining, constantly-demanding (and often berating) corporation/boss...and the great work one can do on a volunteer basis to help others. It is my hope to be able to do the latter once the former is no longer economically requisite.<br /><br />Second, you continue on, post-retirement, in most of your vocations. You really only drop one.<br /><br />Third, retiring opens up some "cap space" for younger workers - it makes room (sometimes) for younger workers to enter the work force.<br /><br />All of this to say: we should all be working, every day, whether it's for money or for nothing. The benefits are both temporal (feeling of accomplishment, fighting against cognitive decline) and eternal. But most of us who have to answer to a boss/corporation that seeks to bleed us dry very much look forward to freedom from the situation!jwskudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15641383927216557610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-52975877918909654612021-08-02T10:30:10.270-05:002021-08-02T10:30:10.270-05:00There comes a time in life when our bodies just no...There comes a time in life when our bodies just no longer support our calling. I stumbled through Mass yesterday, the first time in about a month, and was in considerable pain by the time it ended from standing so long. My many verbal stumbles were because my eyesight is failing, and I have great difficulty seeing the Missal. I know most of the text from memory, so I can get through much without reading, but then this leads to going off the rails at times. This is why we should retire.<br /><br />Fr. D+<br />Continuing Anglican PriestDr.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360786634583725263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-2089208723828455622021-08-02T10:12:37.096-05:002021-08-02T10:12:37.096-05:00The trick is to find something you WANT to do inst...The trick is to find something you WANT to do instead of HAVE to do. I have been retired for a year now and still searching.Coneheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14066902411620326911noreply@blogger.com