God Uses the Infirm to Care

Linda Thomas writes in Today’s Woman:

I was told that John came from a well-to-do family, but because he was mentally handicapped, they rejected ...

Old Age and Accomplishment

The world seems to worship youth and is terrified of aging. But there was a time when getting older was associated with wisdom and experience. In fact, ...

Keep Making a Little Progress

Follow with me a 90-year-old man bent with the weight of his years; slow of step, with stooped and rounded shoulders. It is early morning, and he's ...

When Pastors Don't Connect

For 25 years, part of my pastoral ministry has been to hold services in a nursing home. One of the "regulars" has her television remote control attached ...

Every Day a Celebration

Passing by a table in a local restaurant, I noticed a gentleman who was to be celebrating his 100th birthday the following week, eating with some of his ...

The Advantage of Marriage

Mary Francis Meyers died today, a great woman in our church. Her husband Ken died two or three years ago. I'll never forget being in the fireside ...

Love: Better with Age

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.

Doing It All Over Again

At a senior citizens' dinner, the group president recognized a couple that had recently celebrated their fifty-sixth wedding anniversary. The husband ...

Watch What You Ask For

My granddaughter overheard conversations about an occasional heart problem--loud beating--I experienced when I would try to sleep. One evening her father ...

Walking Wounded

After receiving the news that our son had been born, both sets of grandparents arrived at the hospital together. Just getting out of the car was quite ...