{"id":127283,"date":"2025-10-09T23:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=127283"},"modified":"2025-10-09T23:13:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T04:13:42","slug":"not-old-not-young-not-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=127283","title":{"rendered":"Not Old, Not Young, Not Done"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph has-drop-cap\">There can be a lot of sameness in Christian publishing, and, indeed, probably in any field of publishing. Certain subjects are written about repeatedly and with a lot of overlap between them. There is nothing wrong with that, of course, since some subjects are so important that they deserve such attention. Still, it is refreshing to read a book that covers an entirely new topic (to my knowledge, at least). That is exactly the case with Christopher Ash\u2019s <em><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"https%3A%2F%2Famzn.to%2F4mVhif2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/book-reviews\/not-old-not-young-not-done\/#https%3A%2F%2Famzn.to%2F4mVhif2\">Not Old, Not Young, Not Done<\/a><\/em>. And it is a wonderful thing.<\/p>\n<p>   Not Old, Not Young, Not Done  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph book-author\">Christopher Ash<\/p>\n<p>     <a id=\"https%3A%2F%2Famzn.to%2F4mVhif2\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/book-reviews\/not-old-not-young-not-done\/#https%3A%2F%2Famzn.to%2F4mVhif2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy from Amazon<\/a> <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/products\/not-old-not-young-not-done-following-jesus-in-your-50s-and-60s-9781802543254?utm_source=challies&amp;utm_medium=challies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy from WTS Books<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Affiliate links)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Not Old, Not Young, Not Done<\/em> is written by a man in his seventies for people who are in their fifties and sixties. He refers to these years as \u201cthe afternoon of life,\u201d a time that falls after the years when most people marry, have children, and work their way into a particular vocation, yet before the substantial decline of old age. \u201cI have been prompted to write this book,\u201d he explains, \u201cbecause I am not aware of very much Christian writing that addresses<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am about to turn 49, and a few months later, Aileen will turn 50. But these are just numbers, and already we have a deep awareness that we have entered into this afternoon of life. Already, we are seeing how different our lives have become, and already we are grappling with new challenges and embracing new opportunities. See AlsoThe Joy of RejectionUnintended ConsequencesA Taste of Heaven by R.C. 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