134: The Best of iRetire4Him – Impact in Action

February 24, 2025

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133: The Best of iRetire4Him – A Biblical “Retirement”

February 10, 2025

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FEATURING: Dr. Sharen Ford & Cindy King

Part 2 in our “best of iRetire4Him” series highlights two powerful conversations that introduced and expanded on the concept of wraparound grandparenting. We first discussed this idea with Dr. Sharen Ford, encouraging retirees to step into roles as mentors and supporters for foster and adoptive families. Drawing from her 30-year career in child welfare and her mission at Focus on the Family, Dr. Ford reminds us that everyone can do something to support vulnerable children.

Cindy King of Keystone Family Alliance brings wraparound grandparenting to life, showing how this revolutionary idea provides love and stability to foster families. With over 400,000 children in the foster care system, she calls on the Church to step up and support families in practical ways—offering meals, childcare, mentorship, and encouragement.

Your retirement can be a season of impact. Whether through fostering, volunteering, or simply offering support, you can help change lives. Visit RetirementReformation.org to learn more about Legacy of Love and how you can get involved.

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Although Jim is not yet at retirement age, he and his wife Martha lived twenty years residing in 55+ communities in Florida. Their experience has highlighted the harsh reality of retirement in the United States, showing the discontent that can come when people lack purpose in their later years. Surrounded by parents in their nineties and friends in their sixties, seventies, and eighties, Jim and Martha find motivation in observing those who live out their faith in retirement, while also witnessing the frustration of those who do not.

Jim has been hosting the iRetire4Him Podcast for nearly five years, has spoken at conferences, and has co-authored the book iRetire4Him: Unlock God’s Purpose for Your Retirement, with his father-in-law. Although he currently Works4Him, he looks forward to Retiring4Him one day!