Older Adult Ministries

Nurturing Elders and Others: The Final Illusion of Control By The Rev. Paul Graves My guess is that within the last six months, every person reading...

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...

Portrait of artist Henry Moore, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Nurturing Elders and Others: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall By the Rev. Paul Graves | Photo courtesy of...

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. -...

Nurturing Elders and Others: Listening: It does not just involve ears! By The Rev. Paul Graves “You don’t listen to me anymore!” “My spouse has selective hearing....

By the Rev. Paul Graves | Painting by Tizian For many years I've been professionally aware of older adults' tendencies toward balance issues -- often...

Nurturing Elders and Others: LET GO OF THE ROPE! (or Hey, Church -- GROW UP!) By the Rev. Paul Graves | Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Older adults...

Come to Lazy Daze! By Rosalee Mohney with Jesse N. Love REGISTER NOW! http://bit.ly/register-lazydaze Lazy Daze, an annual retreat experience for older adults, will be on September 13-15,...

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."

"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.