Jim Burns - Finding Joy in the Empty Nest: Discover Purpose and Passion in the Next Phase of Life

Eventually our adult children leave the nest (we hope). But often we are not prepared for how this transition will affect us. For every parent who is anticipating or experiencing the empty nest, this book is a must-read.

GARY CHAPMAN, PhD, author, The Five Love Languages

This is the perfect sequel to Jim Burns book Doing Life with Your Adult Children. If you find yourself in the empty nest or getting ready to enter it, there is great advice on every page.

PAT WILLIAMS, Basketball Hall of Famer; author, Every Day Is Game Day

With a paucity of good advice available on the adjustments and losses we experience during this period of life, it is a real blessing to have someone offering help that really works. Thank you, Jim, for writing this remarkable book.

MEG MEEKER, MD, author, bestselling Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters

Whether youre single or married, this book will provide the insight, wisdom, and practical advice for you to flourish when your kids leave home. I highly recommend it!

CHIP INGRAM, CEO and teaching pastor, Living on the Edge; author, I Choose Peace

If you have an empty nest, buy this book! Jim Burns knows what he writes about. His book is full of practical, powerful wisdomwith a dose of humor. Yes, its a great book!

RUTH GRAHAM, speaker; Christian evangelist; author, Transforming Loneliness and In Every Pew Sits a Broken Heart

This book is intelligent, researched, inspiring, engaging, and life changing. The wisdom in its pages reflects the heart of a seasoned leader who has spent a lifetime investing in families.

REGGIE JOINER, CEO and founder, Orange, a division of the Rethink Group Inc.; author, speaker, and family ministry expert

Jim Burns removes the empty from the nest and fills up the space with great compassion, biblical concepts, stories, solutions, and ideas. This is a great sequel to his Doing Life with Your Adult Children.

JOHN TOWNSEND, author, bestselling Boundaries book series; founder, Townsend Institute for Leadership and Counseling

This is the book weve been waiting for! It is like having a conversation with a trusted friend whos been there and who knows how to help. The best really can be yet to come!

JODIE BERNDT, author, bestselling Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children

The word that most describes the transition into the empty nest is disorienting. Jim Burns is a wise and trustworthy guide through this new chapter in your life. The counsel he provides in this book is gold.

BOB LEPINE, author, Love Like You Mean It; cohost, FamilyLife Today

Jim Burns exceptional and practical wisdom is apparent again in this book. It thoroughly guides parents to thrive in this stage of life, and I give it my highest recommendation.

LARRY FOWLER, founder, Legacy Coalition

Im all too familiar with the emotions that come when were facing an empty nest. Jim Burns has been through it too, and he has a wealth of wisdom and encouragement to share.

JIM DALY, president, Focus on the Family

Jim Burns is smart, witty, grounded, and immeasurably practical. Whether youre getting close to the second half of marriage or are in the thick of it, you wont want to miss out on this fantastic book.

DRS. LES AND LESLIE PARROTT, authors, bestselling Saving Your Marriage before It Starts

Bringing children into your nest changes your life immensely; having them all leave changes your life just as much. You need this book. Nan and I loved Jims wisdom and perspective. Get ready to thrive in the next season of your life.

RON DEAL, family therapist; conference speaker; coauthor, bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families

Your best years are ahead of you! Thats the message you need to hear, and it rings through every page of this excellent guide. Just as with every book Jim writes, it provides the powerful and practical ideas you need for an even better faith, family, friendships, and future.

KARA POWELL, chief of leadership formation, Fuller Seminary; coauthor, Three Big Questions That Change Every Teenager

The increase in the divorce rate of couples over fifty is a result of painful emptiness. Jim gives every couple or single a dynamic plan to prepare for and experience their best years after the kids are out of the house. Married? Single? Over fifty? Kids gone? This book will help!

STEVE ARTERBURN, bestselling author; founder, New Life Live!

Finding Joy in the Empty Nest is the definitive book on this subject. I will hand it out to all my friends who are about to enter the empty nest. Jims warm, authentic, and ever so helpful style makes this a great read.

DOUG FIELDS, cofounder, Download Youth Ministry; youth pastor; bestselling author

Jim has written an outstanding book designed to help us navigate this important season of life. This is such a wonderful resource for anyone in the empty nest or about to enter it.

PHILIP AND HOLLY WAGNER, founding pastors, Oasis Church LA; founders, Generosity.org

This book is a blessing! It reminds empty nesters that we can embrace a fresh start and have a renewed vision to add new purpose and passion into our lives, as well as stay on course for the encore years.

CHARLOTTE GUEST, The Empty Nest Guest Podcast

ZONDERVAN BOOKS

Finding Joy in the Empty Nest

Copyright 2022 by Jim Burns

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ISBN 978-0-310-36264-7 (audio)

Epub Edition March 2022 9780310362630

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Burns, Jim, 1953 author.

Title: Finding joy in the empty nest : discover purpose and passion in the next phase of life / Jim Burns.

Description: Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: If youre one of the millions of adults struggling with the grief and complex considerations of living in an empty nest, author and motivational speaker Jim Burnss much-anticipated Finding Joy in the Empty Nest will remind you thatwith some practical guidanceyour second half could very well become your best halfProvided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021041557 (print) | LCCN 2021041558 (ebook) | ISBN 9780310362623 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780310362630 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Empty nesters. | Middle ageFamily relationships. | Separation (Psychology)

Classification: LCC HQ1059.4 .B875 2022 (print) | LCC HQ1059.4 (ebook) | DDC 646.70084/4dc23/eng/20220121

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021041557

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021041558

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