Inevitability of Aging

As you know, birthdays make one thoughtful. If one is prepared to be honest, any birthday means one has aged. That makes me realize that whenever we speak ...

Age Is Opportunity

Age is opportunity no less

A Crown of Splendor

My son recently concluded that my gray hair was like a dried-up pen, and I needed a "refill." Sensitive about my appearance, I decided to color ...

Birthdays are Ominous

Our church has a custom that people celebrating birthdays come to the front of the auditorium. There they give an offering in thankfulness for life, while ...

Failure Late in Life

It's scary to realize that most of the people who failed in Scriptures failed in the second half of their lives.

Go, Granny, Go!

On a hot summer day I was sitting near an open window sewing and keeping an eye on my three grandsons playing outside.

"Let's play cops and robbers," ...

Never Too Old to Serve

Alvin Cavin: Faithfully doing small acts of kindness.

"I'd estimate Alvin Cavin weighs 90 pounds, but 89 of those pounds make up his big heart. ...

Aging America

The rapid aging of the American population may be one of the most significant culture-shaping forces over the next generation. Between 1989 and the year ...

No Infinity in This Life

At 65 one is not merely 20 years older than one was at 45. One has exchanged an infinite future--and one had a tendency to look upon it as infinite--for ...

A Worn-Out Heart

In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, and courage, so long are you ...