A few years ago, my men’s group from church did a great study about “The Second Half” by Patrick Morley. The focus of the book is to help men understand the different phases of their lives, how to navigate through the mid-life phase, and then how to build the “second half” of their lives. Though both men and women experience the mid-life phase, men experience it differently because much of their identity is defined by their work or career rather than their children.

Generally speaking, our adul...