136: Retirement – The Best is Yet to Come!

March 26, 2025
00:00 23:33
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FEATURING: Ross Harrop

MINISTRY: C12

Retirement is often seen as the finish line, but what if it’s actually a new starting point? In this episode, Jim and Martha Brangenberg sit down with Ross Harrop, whose so-called "retirement" has been anything but restful! After 33 years with the Boy Scouts of America and time as an executive pastor, Ross found himself searching for purpose in his next chapter. Instead of slowing down, he leaned into God’s plan and discovered a new calling as a C12 chair, mentoring Christian business leaders.

Join us as Ross shares how faith, business, and retirement intersect, and how God can use every season of our lives for His glory.

What You’ll Learn:

  • The role of C12 in transforming Christian business leaders
  • How God has been preparing you for your “retirement” years
  • How to recognize and step into God’s plan for your next chapter
  • The power of mentorship and discipleship in the workplace

Thinking About Your Next Season?
Whether you’re approaching retirement or just wondering what’s next, this conversation will inspire you to keep pursuing God’s purpose for your life.

Resources & Links:

  • Learn more about C12

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Meet Your Host
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!
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