Today''s retirees are unlike any other group that has come along before. They''re retiring earlier and living longer than ever before, and, as this book assures, have a virtually limitless potential for achievement and enlightenment. This book looks at retirement in an entirely new way -- as the commencement of a renewed life. Grounded in the Christian faith experience, it demonstrates how faith is the pivotal issue enabling people to capture and apply the vitality of their own valuable experience. Author Richard Johnson guides readers on an uplifting journey of personal and spiritual development by framing retirement as an entrance to a richer, fuller, and more healthful life in the Spirit -- not a loss of status that calls for personal "adjustment" and diminishing expectations. Unique and insightful, Creating a Successful Retirement seamlessly meshes Christian belief and psychological research to form an ideology for success in the later years. Within these pages, Johnson invites retirees and soon-to-be-retirees into a deeper understanding of retirement as a gift of grace from God.