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Aging Well: A tribute to a veteran and servant of God
Ed Frazier Every Friday morning you can find ninety-three year-old Ed Frazier at the Helping Hands food pantry in his hometown of Rockwall, Texas. The former Air Force pilot is on another mission in...
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Aging Well: The Island of Misfit Toys
I just returned from a trip to see my grandsons, ages three and five. Like most preschoolers, they were getting very excited about Christmas. Each morning, they rushed to turn on the Christmas tree...
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Start strengthening older adult ministry in the new year!
The new year ushers in an opportunity for church leaders to take a fresh look at how their churches are engaged in ministry for and with older adults. It’s time that we think beyond monthly potluck...
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Aging Well: Helping aging boomers become sages
It’s probably an understatement to say that Eston Williams is fired up! The pastor of Aley United Methodist in Seven Points, Texas has 65 years of “life experiences,” as he likes to say, and has taken...
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Aging Well: Spiritual nourishment in older age
Not long ago I was doing some pre-spring cleaning and rediscovered the taped recordings of hours of conversation with my friend Lucimarian Roberts, the mother of Good Morning America anchor, Robin...
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Aging Well: The need for respite care
While scanning radio stations recently, I landed on a program that quickly caught my attention. A minister was talking about what it means to be a good steward of time. It got me to thinking...
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Aging Well: Tiny church, huge heart
Step into the tiny Poetry United Methodist Church in rural northeast Texas on the first Wednesday of each month and at first glance you may think you’ve stumbled into Santa’s workshop. Sewing machines...
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Aging Well: Take a hike! Bringing the generations together in the great...
Retired United Methodist minister Bob Hayes has a reason to smile. An eighth grade boy just called him one of the coolest men he’s ever met. It is an unlikely title given a man who is about to...
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Aging Well: What gifts can older adults give their adult children?
The summer that my parents celebrated their eighty-fifth birthdays, my siblings and I hosted a tropical bash in the dining room of their retirement community. Since my mother was born in late May and...
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Aging Well: An open letter about aging to my adult children
Editor’s Note: UMR Columnist Missy Buchanan sent the following letter to her three children as a means of helping them think about end-of-life issues. She offers it in the hope that all of us will...
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