How My Retirement Affected My Wife

Retirement from pastoral ministry is rarely an individual experience. It is a family transition.

Some time after I retired, I returned to First Baptist to preach for a special occasion.

Walking back into the sanctuary brought back poignant memories - the faces, the greetings, the sense of shared history. The choir sang with the same spirit, the congregation responded with the same warmth, and for a few moments it felt as though the years between had…