Finishing Our Course with Joy: Guidance from God for Engaging with Our Aging

A short book (112 pages) published by Crossway in 2014, when Packer was in his late eighties. Rejecting the world's advice that the old should relax, slow down and amuse themselves, he challenges older Christians to embrace their last years as an opportunity for continued learning, careful planning and heartfelt discipleship, and to press on with endurance and grace so as to glorify God and finish their lives with joy. The book draws on his own experience of aging and pastoral counsel, and is printed in large type for readability. It is a companion to Weakness Is the Way (2013).