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August 2016

August 03, 2016

Sunlight and Shadows in Vienna’s City of the Dead

The Central Cemetery in Vienna is one of the best graveyards in the world---a place...

July 2016

July 18, 2016

Learning From Aging

We all are born, and we all will die. While there are many variations in...

February 2015

February 01, 2015

Honoring Your Wishes

Today's post is a sermon I gave Sunday at Trinity Episcopal in Iowa City. Regular readers will...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

It's Your Funeral. Discuss.

We seem to be on a theme of spirituality in aging these days, so in...

January 19, 2015

The Grace in Aging

Every so often I come across a book I read very slowly. I want to...

February 2014

February 16, 2014

Hildegard's Lessons for Aging Well

Are you up for one last post on Hildegard of Bingen? I wrote the following...

July 2013

July 09, 2013

Barriers to Spiritual Growth

Today's post is by guest blogger Bob Sessions: You’re probably becoming a bit tired reading...

April 2013

April 09, 2013

Travels With Epicurus–Part Two

Today’s post by Bob Sessions continues yesterday's book review of Daniel Klein’s Travels with Epicurus:...

April 08, 2013

Travels With Epicurus

My husband and I have been arguing about who gets to write this book review...

December 2012

December 10, 2012

My House Has Many Rooms

Today's post is by guest blogger Bob Sessions: Some of you have perhaps read Bruce...

August 2012

August 08, 2012

An Answer For The Angels

Angeles Arrien's chapter for August in Living in Gratitude focuses on the theme of Cultivating Peace. She begins...

February 2012

February 08, 2012

Making Sense of Our Lives

Optimism is not about whistling happy tunes to ourselves when life gets challenging. It is...

February 07, 2012

Preparation for a Wise Old Age

There are two kinds of problems in life. One kind requires the question, What are...

February 05, 2012

Stories for the Ages

Continuing from Saturday's post, the second unique and vital gift older people have to offer...

February 03, 2012

Kenosis and Aging Well

Take pity on me, Yahweh, I am in trouble now. Grief wastes away my eye,...

February 02, 2012

Honoring The Aged

"The vision which grows in aging can lead us beyond the limitations of our human...

February 01, 2012

The Pilgrimage of Aging

My thanks to Lori for letting me borrow her blogging platform for a week. Over...