Writers and TV Shows Reveal Pain of Aging

In 1975, a 63-year-old Elizabeth Bishop wrote to her long-time friend and fellow poet Robert Lowell, who was then 58 and just two years from his death. ...

God Uses the Young but Saves His Best Work for the Mature

Os Guinness argues that God can use and has used people in their youth, but God also has accomplished some of his best work through people more advanced ...

The Extraordinary 'Older' Athletes of Rio

If you kept up with the Rio Olympics, you saw some pretty amazing athletes—some of whom don't fit the description of a "typical" Olympian. ...

Police Share Tea After Lonely Couple's Call

Year ago Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline performed a song together entitled, "Have You Ever Been Lonely?" It appears someone has.

"What else could we do but ...

Special Suit Helps Students Empathize with Elderly

How do you train a 20-something medical school student to feel genuine empathy for senior citizens? Enter "The Age Man Suit." Consisting of ear-protectors ...

Man Organizes Volunteers for Paint Job

Josh Cyganik, a 35-year-old man from Pendleton, Oregon, used to show up for work and wave to Leonard Bullock, the old man sitting on the porch across ...

Happy Birthday from a Bunch of Strangers

One of the downsides of celebrating your 100th birthday is that you might not have many of your friends around to sing "Happy Birthday." An ...

The Rise of the 74-Year-Old Jewelry Thief

A report in Bloomberg traced the rise of elderly crime in Britain, other European countries, and Asian nations. The police arrested nine suspects in London ...

We Weren't Meant to Suffer Alone

In her funny, off-beat memoir, journalist and writer Heather Havrilesky reminds us how community (whether in a family or a church family) implies carrying ...

Religion … the Fountain of Youth?

A BBC article profiles a Seventh Day Adventist community in Loma Linda, California, where aged residents live an average of ten years longer than the ...