#downsizing #simplicity #spiritualformation #onething Like so many before me, one thing that retirement did was force me (and my wife, Lissa) to think about downsizing or simplifying. It began with the pastoral/theological library I accumulated over 40 years of pastoral ministry. To tell the truth, I actually had two libraries for most of those years—one kept in the study at church, the other at home. That was due mostly to limitations imposed by office space in the building