57. Married. Figuring out what God has for me in retirement. Writing about faith, simplicity, homesteading, and finishing well. Come with me. → ChristianBread.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwv3n65fmw2vI've been treating this season like the postscript to my real story. Philippians 1 disagrees. Day six of the study. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/purpose_after_the_paycheck_day6_not_a_postscript.php02 Oct 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwv3n65fmw2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwv3myaye72bBeing still has never come naturally to me. Day four of the study sits with the verse that asks for it anyway. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/rest_that_isnt_retirement_day4_be_still_and_let_that_be_enough.php02 Oct 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwv3myaye72bhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwsl65vb6o2pI've been treating rest like an admission of uselessness. Mark 2 says it was built the other way around. Day three. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/rest_that_isnt_retirement_day3_the_sabbath_was_never_about_being_useless.php01 Oct 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsl65vb6o2phttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwsl5xzich2sMy plan can fail. My portion, apparently, can't. Day five of the money study sits with the difference. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/trusting_god_with_money_day5_my_portion_not_my_plan.php01 Oct 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsl5xzich2shttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwq2pjgobk2xSolomon's advice for whatever's in front of your hands doesn't have a retirement clause built into it. Day five of the study. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/purpose_after_the_paycheck_day5_whatever_is_left_give_it.php30 Sep 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwq2pjgobk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwq2pd2sua2pI retired and discovered stopping and resting aren't the same thing at all. Day two of the rest study. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/rest_that_isnt_retirement_day2_not_the_same_as_stopping.php30 Sep 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwq2pd2sua2phttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwnkacvsld2pThe fourth study is here: rest that isn't retirement. I said I'd tell you plainly when it came. Here it is. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/rest_that_isnt_retirement_day1_i_said_id_tell_you_plainly.php29 Sep 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnkacvsld2phttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwnka5hikp2jMy retirement math is decent. It's also not where Proverbs 3 tells me to put my weight. Day four of the study. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/trusting_god_with_money_day4_leaning_somewhere_other_than_my_own_math.php29 Sep 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnka5hikp2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwkzris5mm25A church doesn't have a mandatory retirement age for its members. Day four of the study on purpose sits with why. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/purpose_after_the_paycheck_day4_a_body_that_doesnt_retire_its_members.php28 Sep 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkzris5mm25https://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwkzrctcxh2xSeven days on aging without shrinking end with a promise that covers the whole study at once. Day seven, closing it out. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/aging_without_shrinking_day7_sustained_to_the_gray_hairs.php28 Sep 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkzrctcxh2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwijckbikp2dI've started actually counting instead of avoiding the math. Day six of the aging study. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/aging_without_shrinking_day6_numbering_my_days_on_purpose.php27 Sep 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwijckbikp2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwijce7uio2dBefore the parable about bigger barns, Jesus said one sentence first. Day three of the study on money sits with that sentence. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/trusting_god_with_money_day3_the_warning_i_keep_needing_to_hear.php27 Sep 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwijce7uio2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwfyu5ullm2xNobody hands back their spiritual gifts at the retirement party. Day three of the purpose study. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/purpose_after_the_paycheck_day3_the_gift_doesnt_expire.php26 Sep 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwfyu5ullm2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwfytxf52h2xThe same psalm that opened this study has an actual job description for old age. Day five picks it back up. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/aging_without_shrinking_day5_still_declaring_what_hes_done.php26 Sep 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwfytxf52h2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwdifdp5z22dMy body is a rental with a lease that's going to end eventually. Day four of the study looks at what happens after. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/aging_without_shrinking_day4_a_future_the_body_cant_cancel.php25 Sep 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdifdp5z22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwdif4vkfl2jJesus pointed at a bird to make a point about money planning. Day two of the study. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/trusting_god_with_money_day2_the_birds_dont_have_a_401k.php25 Sep 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdif4vkfl2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwaxwdd45o2xNobody's issuing me a W-2 for what I did yesterday. Colossians 3 says that was never really the point anyway. Day two. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/purpose_after_the_paycheck_day2_work_that_doesnt_show_up_on_a_w2.php24 Sep 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwaxwdd45o2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mwaxw4e2ln2jMy knees don't renew like they used to. Isaiah 40 says something in me still can. Day three of the aging study. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/aging_without_shrinking_day3_renewed_like_the_eagle.php24 Sep 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwaxw4e2ln2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mw6hgymusp2aThe mirror keeps telling me gray hair is a countdown. Proverbs 16 calls it a crown. Day two of the study. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/aging_without_shrinking_day2_a_crown_not_a_countdown.php23 Sep 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6hgymusp2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mw6hgsgm3i2bStarting a seven-day study on trusting God with money. Day one is the one I still haven't mastered: contentment. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/trusting_god_with_money_day1_learning_to_be_content.php23 Sep 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6hgsgm3i2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mw3wycw3gd2wNew seven-day study starting: purpose after the paycheck. Day one starts with a verse older than any resume. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/purpose_after_the_paycheck_day1_made_before_the_job_title.php22 Sep 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw3wycw3gd2whttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mw3wy2mcab2gNew seven-day study starting: aging without shrinking. Day one starts with an old man's honest prayer in the Psalms. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/aging_without_shrinking_day1_do_not_cast_me_away.php22 Sep 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw3wy2mcab2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mw2d7nkikk2tStarting tomorrow on Christian Bread, a short Bible study every day. Each one is a single verse, a few honest paragraphs from me, a question to sit with, and a short prayer. Five minutes with your coffee. We begin with a seven-day study on aging without shrinking. christianbread.com/studies.php https://christianbread.com/studies.php21 Sep 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2d7nkikk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mvzgiqzv3w222:17 a.m., doing retirement math in the dark again. A confession about financial fear, and the two verses I keep going back to. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/why_im_not_afraid_of_running_out_of_money_most_days.php21 Sep 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvzgiqzv3w22https://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mvkdoontxt2kI started keeping a small notebook by my coffee mug about a year ago. Here's a little of what it's turned into, in case starting your own is something you've been circling too. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/daily_devotional_for_seniors.php15 Sep 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkdoontxt2khttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mvht7qrbxp2kThree extra years of payments to walk into retirement owing nothing to anyone. Here's why we did it, and what it actually bought us. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/the_year_we_paid_off_the_house_before_retirement.php14 Sep 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvht7qrbxp2khttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mvabsz5vfg2wMy hair's been more gray than not for six years, and I used to apologize for it without saying a word. Six verses that changed how I think about that. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/bible_verses_about_aging_gracefully.php11 Sep 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvabsz5vfg2whttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3mv3avcwolt2gI almost quit volunteering at the church food pantry after one Tuesday. A verse about being a "steward" instead of a "volunteer" changed my mind. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/the_tuesday_i_started_calling_volunteering_worship.php09 Sep 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3avcwolt2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3muyqgby6b72dI'm not a natural pray-out-loud man. I wrote this prayer on a morning when the right words weren't coming, and I've prayed some version of it most weeks since. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/a_prayer_for_retirement.php08 Sep 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyqgby6b72dhttps://bsky.app/profile/christianbread.bsky.social/post/3muowf24jeo2qPeople ask me what the Bible says about retirement, expecting one verse. I never have just one. Six that I keep coming back to instead. New on ChristianBread: https://christianbread.com/posts/christian_retirement_verses.php04 Sep 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:o4pw5ez6nshbes6s2o7fjgds/app.bsky.feed.post/3muowf24jeo2q