Nurturing Elders: What do we do with our FEAR?
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By the Rev. Paul Graves
On November 8, we all have a chance to vote...
Elders: Safe Sanctuary to Include Older Adults
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Jesus wasn’t a Zero-Sum Game Player
"From benign bicyclists ignoring stop signs to increasingly toxic shoving matches to the horrors of mass shootings, zero-sum games are played every day."
For the Rev. Paul Graves, the pervasive winner-takes-all mentality this engenders stands in contrast to the ministry and teachings of Jesus.
Good Brain Health and Volunteering Go Together
In a post for Nurturing Elders on the PNW News Blog, Rev. Paul Graves explores what it takes to keep the brain healthy as we age. While he wasn't surprised to find that that those who kept active through volunteering were rewarded with better brain health, he was to discover the primary importance of motivation. According to one study those who regularly volunteered lived longer "but only if their intentions were truly altruistic."
Nurturing Elders: Putting the You, Me, We into US
Nurturing Elders and Others:
Putting the You, Me, We into US
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Editor’s note: Douglas Ferguson, a young adult within...
Where’s the bottom? God knows.
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Note to readers: This column is unlike any past column I’ve written in this space....
Q: What’s Next? A: You registering for this year’s Older Adult Retreat!
Older Adults Retreat
September 18 – 20, 2018
Lazy F Retreat Camp . Ellensburg, WA.
Still thinking about going to the September Retreat? You still have time...
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...
Elders: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…
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Nurturing Elders and Others:
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
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A Matter of Alignment?
The Rev. Paul Graves uses the metaphor of chiropractic alignment to discuss the problems we are experiencing as a denomination today, and at times in our own struggles as well. He states, "alignment has everything to do with relationships we have – with our bodies, emotions, the people we live with and around, the God we perceive, and the Bible we read."
