Gentzler retiring as Center on Aging & Older Adult Ministries Director
Dr. Gentzler presents a session at Energizing Elderhood at Des Moines UMC in 2010.
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Gentzler retiring as Center on Aging...
Elders: Walls Hide Our Real Identities
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Nurturing Elders:
Walls Hide Our Real Identities
By the Rev. Paul Graves
“We learned that to...
When the ordinary becomes art
By Rev. Paul Graves
For his regular column in the Spokesman-Review, Rev. Paul Graves will occasionally use the format of a letter to his grandchildren....
Elders: When Jesus is the Question!?
Nurturing Elders and Others:
When Jesus is the Question!?
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In a recent interview on National Public...
Did you ever feel like the time before Christmas is just upside-down?
By the Rev. Paul Graves
Do you remember the lead-up to Christmas when you were a child? If you now have children, or grandchildren, or...
Nurturing Elders: BOOMERSTOCK 2016!
By the Rev. Paul Graves
As I sat in one of the presentations about Boomers at Boomerstock, this famous refrain came to my mind: “Freedom’s...
Nurturing Elders: Watch out for multi-generational ageism!
During a meal at Annual Conference in Pasco, Sue and I sat down at a table where a 20’s-something young lady was sitting next...
Courage to create a politics worthy of the human spirit
"I don’t want to hate anybody, especially the political leaders I vehemently disagree with," writes the Rev. Paul Graves. Reflecting on a cultural climate "where it's hard not to hate," Graves suggests that our faith offers us a better path than hate or despair if we risk opening our hearts to the world around us.
Two different lenses of FEAR
Nurturing Elders and Others:
We see best through two different lenses of fear
By the Rev. Paul Graves
Terrorism. Star-studded night. “Fear Factor” and “Survivor” reality TV....
Nurturing Elders: Prodigal Summer Memories
By the Rev. Paul Graves
One of my favorite Biblical stories for decades has been The Prodigal Son parable. For a variety of reasons it...