Looking Forward to the Rest of Your Life?: Embracing Midlife and Beyond

by Lorry Lutz

Women who face an empty nest, retirement, or life without their husband often feel they are no longer needed. Author Lorry Lutz reminds readers that they still have purpose and value no matter what their stage of life. She helps women in midlife plan ahead for their later years and mobilizes senior women to share their unique gifts, showing that life can be rewarding at any age. Looking Forward to the Rest of Your Life? debunks negative stereotypes pinned on older women. Each chapter includes biographical sketches of women like Vonette Bright and Joy Dawson who exemplify how to make the latter years count. This timely book will also inspire church leaders to harness the full potential and wisdom of their female senior members.

Genres: Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2004

Reviews

[Douglas Lord · Rating 3 out of 5]

A former missionary, Lutz has seen too "many women face [a] sense of worthlessness as they grow older." In an effort to imbue Christian women with a sense of purpose to carry into old age (termed "finishing well"), she presents the stories of revered "elderwomen," some biblical, some contemporary. A simple message is diffused throughout: "be faithful and responsive to whatever God asks of [you] to the very end." Thoughtful, well-written passages are, unfortunately, countered by others that read like schmaltzy Chicken Soup for the Soul; also, Lutz often relies on other writers' powerful words. Only for Christians.

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[A. A. Breitling · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a well written and interesting book about facing and living midlife and beyond. It has stories of real life women and what they have done in the later years of their lives.