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Oh Stay, Boomer

By Robert Price I was nonplussed when my dad told me over decade ago that he was retiring after 39 years of congregational ministry. I’m certain...

A Short Course in Suffering

By Daniel Martins  Susanne, my late mother-in-law, was a devout believer. Raised in a strict Anabaptist faith community, she left that tradition as a young...

A Reflection Upon Retirement

By Daniel Martins Not long ago, I authored a book review, appearing in The Living Church, of a collection of reflections, by a dozen or...

Pandemic Shifts Clergy Retirement Plans

Clergy who retired during the pandemic are not necessarily taking it easy. Rather, many are facing busy schedules, often turning their well-honed talents and...

Oldest Episcopal Priest Dies in Arizona at 108

His retirement lasted longer than his career, even though he retired at the age of 65.

Springfield Bishop in Dispute Over Retirement

The Rt. Rev. Daniel Martins had announced plans to retire in June 2021, but the Standing Committee wants to move that up. Martins has been living in Chicago, outside the Diocese of Springfield, for personal reasons.

Clergy: Good on Finances But Need Better Habits

A Church Pension Group study found that Episcopal clergy know more about personal finances and are more likely to live beneath their means than comparable peers in the general population, but wide disparities also exist.

The Church of England’s Vanishing Matriarchs

The Religious Lives of Older Laywomen The Final Active Anglican Generation By Abby Day Oxford University Press. Pp. 272. $70.00. In this vitally important new book, the University...

Retirement: What Might That Be?

By Philip Turner Our society really does not know what to do with its elderly citizens, and in consequence we are not sure of what...

Rowing into Retirement

The parishioners of St. Andrew’s, Ben Lomond, built a rowboat for their retiring rector, the Rev. Blaine Hammond.

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