Elders: Safe Sanctuary to Include Older Adults
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Nurturing Elders: Community Conversations Explore End-of-Life
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Nurturing Elders and Others:
Community Conversations Explore End-of-Life
By The Rev. Paul Graves • elderadvocates@nctv.com
This...
Hatching the Aging Heart
Nurturing Elders & Others
Hatching the Aging Heart: Spiritual Break-Throughs by Geezers
By the Rev. Paul Graves | Illustration by Jesse N. Love
A few months before...
Spiritual maturity needs “spizzerinctum” and “sprezzatura”!
Nurturing Elders and Others
Spiritual maturity needs “spizzerinctum” and “sprezzatura”!
By the Rev. Paul Graves
In his 2011 book “A Lever and A Place to Stand”, Richard...
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: God is BIG on heart-searches, too!
By the Rev. Paul Graves
As I imagine him, the father looks to the horizon every time he comes out on the porch. Even when...
Nurturing Elders: How to grow spiritually for boomers
Transforming faith is an adult task! | By the Rev. Paul Graves
“When I was a child, my speech, feelings, and thinking were all those...
Peace, peace when there is no peace
Nurturing Elders and Others
By the Rev. Paul Graves
They have treated the wound of my people carelessly, saying, ‘Peace, peace’, when there is no peace.
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Embracing the Aging Adventure
Nurturing Elders and Others:
Embracing the Aging Adventure | By the Rev. Paul Graves
What kind of welcoming embrace do you offer to Boomers who are...
Housebreaking Ageism in the Church
Housebreaking Ageism in the Church | By the Rev. Paul Graves
A few months ago, I invited us to consider naming the unidentified elephants that...
