If God is giving us the gift of long life, how are we using it? Recently, I spent an entire afternoon in the ER awaiting medical help for my strong husband. Although quite painful, his issue was not life-threatening. Even so, it was a reminder of our physical frailties and even our mortality. Both of [...]
Have you noticed how often we Christians adopt our culture’s despair over aging? To verify the reality of ageism, go shopping for a birthday card! God’s viewpoint is strangely different. Scripture refers to LONG LIFE as a reward, a gift, and a blessing. To prompt our thankfulness as the birthdays accumulate, I’ve identified 26 blessings [...]
According to Chuck Swindoll, older adults are often characterized by four negative attitudes: FEAR, GUILT, USELESSNESS, and BITTERNESS or SELF-PITY. Certainly, these are attitudes to avoid while aging! Thankfully, none of these descriptors fit my former friend and mentor, Annie Cheairs. To inspire you to finish life well, may I tell you about her? When I [...]
THE WILSON TRIBE My father’s nurse said, Parkinson’s is nobody’s friend. Like me, she viewed illness as an adversary. It grieved me to watch that disease sap my dad’s strength, decrease his mobility, almost silence his voice, and usher in dementia as well. By the end of Dad’s life, however, I could see [...]
YOUNGER NEXT YEAR by Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge, M.D. is a fun read because it is brimming with good news—we CAN take charge of our bodies and slow the aging process to a remarkable degree. Chris writes from his own experience while Harry narrates the professional viewpoint. Harry is an internist who loves to [...]
