DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- LIFE IS WRAPPED IN A PACKAGE OF CHANGES -- CHANGES OFTEN COME IN PAIRS OR MULTIPLES -- NEWER TECHNOLOGIES ARE REINFORCING CONSTANTCOMPLEX CHANGES IN OUR LIVES -- OUR NEWER TECHNOLOGY-REVOLUTIONIZED WORLD ISTYPIFIED BY MORE COMPLEX TRANSITION PERIODS OF LIFE -- YOU NEED TO BE EMPOWERED TO COPE WITH THIS COMPLEXTRANSITION LIFESTYLE -- WHAT THIS BOOK OFFERS: -- CHAPTER 1 - THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE -- LIFE IS WRAPPED IN A PACKAGE OF CHANGES -- CHANGES OFTEN COME IN PAIRS OR MULTIPLES -- NEWER TECHNOLOGIES ARE REINFORCING CONSTANTCOMPLEX CHANGES IN OUR LIVES -- OUR NEWER TECHNOLOGY-REVOLUTIONIZED WORLD ISTYPIFIED BY MORE COMPLEX TRANSITION PERIODS OF LIFE -- YOU NEED TO BE EMPOWERED TO COPE WITH THIS COMPLEXTRANSITION LIFESTYLE -- MAYHEM AT THE ROBERTSONS' -- DEALING WITH CHANGE -- COMPLEX CHANGE -- ADDITIONAL WORDS OF WISDOM -- TWELVE TIPS FOR OVERCOMINGTHE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE -- PART I - GETTING READY TO TAKE ON THE WORLD -- CHAPTER 2 - EDUCATION: AN EYE OPENER TO THE READ WORLD -- GETTING AN EDUCATION IS REACHING FOR GOLD -- OUR BASIC EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES -- JESUS AS OUR MODEL -- DEALING WITH THE CHANGES FACED DURING EDUCATIONALPURSUITS -- GENERAL TIPS FOR THOSE PURSUING EDUCATION -- PART II - TO HAVE AND TO HOLD: MARRIAGEAND FAMILY -- CHAPTER 3 - NEW ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: COURTSHIPAND MARRIAGE -- FACTS ABOUT MARRIAGE -- CHOOSING "MARRIAGE" -- CHALLENGES FACED DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF MARRIAGE -- OUR EXPERIENCES -- JESUS' TEACHING ON MARRIAGE: ADDITIONAL WORDS OFWISDOM -- GENERAL TIPS FOR DEALING WITH CHANGES DURING YOURFIRST YEAR OF MARRIAGE -- CHAPTER 4 - BECOMING A PARENT -- FACTS ABOUT PARENTING -- OUR EXPERIENCES -- DEALING WITH THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRSTYEAR OF PARENTHOOD -- GENERAL TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME TRANSITION INTO PARENTHOOD -- ADDITIONAL WORDS OF WISDOM.

CHAPTER 5 - SEPARATION AND DIVORCE OR BREAK-UP OF ARELATIONSHIP -- FACTS ABOUT SEPARATION AND DIVORCE -- DIVORCE IS A LIFE CHANGING AND DEVASTATING PROCESS -- CHALLENGES FACED DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF DIVORCE -- DEALING WITH THE CHALLENGES DURING THE FIRST YEAR OFDIVORCE -- WORDS OF HEALING FOR THE BROKENHEARTED -- CHAPTER 6 - REMARRIAGE AND BLENDED FAMILYRELATIONSHIPS -- FACTS ABOUT REMARRIAGE AND BLENDED FAMILYRELATIONSHIPS -- BEFORE YOU REMARRY - FACTS TO CONSIDER BEFORE GOINGINTO A NEW PARTNERSHIP -- REMARRIAGE REQUIRES A HIGH LEVEL OF READJUSTMENT -- CHALLENGES FACED DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF REMARRIAGE -- DEALING WITH THE CHALLENGES DURING THE FIRST YEARAFTER REMARRIAGE -- ADDITIONAL WORDS OF WISDOM -- PART III - I HAVE A LOT TO OFFER- CAREER -- CHAPTER 7 - CAREER MOVES -- FACTS ABOUT CAREER MOVES -- WE HAVE BOTH BEEN THROUGH QUITE SOME CAREER MOVES! -- SOME HAVE IT BIG, SOME HAVE IT SMALL -- DEALING WITH CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH CAREER MOVES:MAJOR LESSONS LEARNED -- CHAPTER 8 - MID-LIFE CAREER EXPLORATION: FROMFULL-TIME WORK TO FULL-TIME SCHOOL -- FACTS ABOUT MID-LIFE CAREER EXPLORATION -- OUR EXPERIENCES -- JESUS AS OUR MODEL -- DEALING WITH CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH GOING BACK TOSCHOOL -- ADDITIONAL WORDS OF WISDOM -- CHAPTER 9 - CAREER CHANGE:THE CARPENTER BECAME A FISHER OF PEOPLE -- THE CARPENTER BECAME A FISHER OF PEOPLE -- FACTS ABOUT CAREER CHANGES -- CAREER CHANGE FROM BIOMEDICINE TO GOSPEL MINISTRY -- CAREER REPOSITIONING - A CHANGE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OFMINISTRY IN A NEW CHURCH SETTING -- GENERAL TIPS FOR CAREER CHANGERS -- CHAPTER 10 - DELETING THE FILE THAT HAS THESIGNATURE OF THE WORM QZN IN IT -- OF WORMS, PARASITES AND VIRUSES -- JESUS IS AT THE CENTER -- TAKING IT FORWARD -- CHAPTER 11 - SEMI-RETIREMENT AND RETIREMENT -- FACTS ABOUT SEMI-RETIREMENT AND RETIREMENT.

BEFORE YOU RETIRE: THE GRADUAL PROCESS OF ENTERINGINTO RETIREMENT -- HOW MANY TIMES DO PEOPLE RETIRE? -- CHALLENGES FACED DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF RETIREMENTFROM ACTIVE WORK -- DEALING WITH CHALLENGES FACED DURING THE FIRST YEAROF RETIREMENT -- PART IV - MODIFIED LIVING RELATIONSHIPS -- CHAPTER 12 - GRANDPARENTING ANDEMPTY NESTING -- FACTS ABOUT GRANDPARENTING -- CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH BECOMING GRANDPARENTS -- EMPTY NESTING IN TODAY'S SOCIETY -- CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH BECOMING EMPTY NESTERS -- GRANDPARENTING AND EMPTY NESTING AS WE KNOW IT -- DEALING WITH CHALLENGES DURING THE FIRST YEAR OFBECOMING GRANDPARENTS -- DEALING WITH CHALLENGES DURING THE FIRST YEAR OFBECOMING EMPTY NESTERS -- ADDITIONAL WORDS OF WISDOM -- CHAPTER 13 - DEATH OF A LOVED ONE -- DEATH OF A LOVED ONE IS THE MOST CHALLENGING OF ALLLOSSES -- WE HAVE BOTH HAD TO GRIEVE THE LOSS OF VERY CLOSERELATIVES -- GENERAL TIPS FOR DEALING WITH THE CHALLENGES OFGRIEVING THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE -- JESUS AS OUR MODEL -- WORDS OF COMFORT FOR THOSE WHO MOURN -- PART V - THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S -- HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HISHANDS -- CHAPTER 14 - RELOCATION AND HOUSE MOVES -- FACTS ABOUT RELOCATION AND HOUSE MOVES -- BOTH OF US HAVE RELOCATED AND MOVED HOUSE LOCALLYAND INTERNATIONALLY -- JESUS AS OUR MODEL -- DEALING WITH CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITHRELOCATION AND HOUSE MOVES -- CHAPTER 15 - CONTINUOUS CHANGE:DAILY RENEWAL -- APPEARING AND DISAPPEARING -- THE OCEAN AND CONTINUOUS CHANGE -- TRANSITIONS ARE DEFINING MOMENTS IN OUR LIVES -- CHANGE IS A PARADOX -- THE SANITY IMPARTING TOUCH OF JESUS -- CHAPTER 16 - GO AND DO LIKEWISE: TAKING ON NEWLEADERSHIP ROLES -- NOTES -- APPENDIX -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.