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Finish Line : Dispelling Fear, Finding Peace, And Preparing For The End Of
$19.97Add to cartFacing your ultimate death can be scary, but in light of God’s promises, it doesn’t have to be. Finish Line provides practical and biblical help on topics such as finances, blessing others, end-of-life choices, heaven, and caring for those you leave behind so you can approach your own finish line with hope, joy, and peace.
It’s normal to have questions about how to face the last season of our lives well, and though we long to end our lives with grace and gratitude, sometimes we feel fear and uncertainty instead.Robert Wolgemuth knows what it is like to face death, having lost his first wife of almost 45 years to cancer and battling cancer twice himself. Finish Line distills a lifetime of spiritual wisdom as Robert helps you:
*Find true peace and reassurance about the end of life
*Discover the things you can do to prepare those you love before you die
*Understand the truth about heaven and what God has for his followers in the next life
*Learn from people in the Bible about what crossing the finish line should–and shouldn’t–look like
*Take care of specifics such as planning your funeral service, determining end-of-life issues, and preparing a will
*Let go of physical, relational, and emotional clutter
*Receive what God has for you in your final years
A rich guide for this season of your life, Finish Line offers unvarnished–even lighthearted–truth to comfort your heart, practical help to ease your mind, and a reminder of God’s promises to comfort your spirit so you can look toward your own finish line with both peace and hope.
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Gettin Old Aint For Wimps Volume 2
$14.99Add to cart” It takes grit and wit to keep standing when your skin doesn’t fit the way it used to, when you think someone stole your car but in truth you forgot where you parked it, when your grandchild looks at your figure and observes, ‘Grandma, you look like a teenager– except for your face!'”
–Karen O’ConnorThis second volume of Gettin’ Old Ain’t for Wimps celebrates the most beloved stories of acclaimed humorist Karen O’Connor. These funny and relatable tales of fellow Baby Boomers navigating theirs Golden Years will encourage you to cherish every antic and adventure that comes with growing older.
Gettin’ Old Ain’t for Wimps Volume 2 is a heartfelt, joyful reminder to keep living to the fullest, no matter how much life you’ve got behind you. In addition to Karen’s signature wit and wisdom, you’ll find scriptures and prayers to nurture your spirit and remind you to keep your eyes on the One who made you, who numbered your days, and who promises that He will never leave nor forsake you, right up to your last breath–and beyond!
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Aging Faithfully : The Holy Invitation Of Growing Older
$16.99Add to cartEvery new year of life is an undiscovered country.
There’s no map through our later years, and the new terrain can bring anxiety and uncertainty, when our souls are more preoccupied with what has been lost than what is to come. While our physical stamina, independence, and career fulfillment decline, each of these losses invites us to grow, inward and upward. God calls us to let go of our need for fulfillment and embrace the gift of fruitfulness so that we might be transformed in this final season of our lives.
In Aging Faithfully, spiritual director Alice Fryling guides our walk with God in a vulnerable time, listening for his voice and responding. As we age, something unusual happens: God renews us from within, when we allow him access. As we accept our responses to the aging process, we grow closer to God and experience his grace.
Are you open to increased hope, joy, and transformation? Would you like to grow in life-giving ways–no matter the circumstances? Do you have the courage to let go of former ways of thinking to receive love and life in new ways?
We all age differently, and God calls each of us to new spiritual birth as we mature. Whether you are approaching the beginning, middle, or end of your senior years, you are invited. Come and be transformed.
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Aging With Grace
$18.99Add to cartAging with Grace by the Power of the Gospel
There are many blessings that come with age: retirement, grandchildren, travel, and life experience. Today’s culture, however, marginalizes old age, often portraying it as burdensome and hopeless. Many older women can feel like an encumbrance rather than a blessing to their friends and family members. In response to these struggles, Sharon Betters and Susan Hunt encourage women to find hope through both real-life and biblical accounts of women who rediscovered gospel-rooted joy later in life. In each chapter, readers will be encouraged as they experience afresh a gospel that is big enough, good enough, and powerful enough to make every season of life significant and glorious.
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OH To Be 108 Again
$13.95Add to cartAn Outskirts Press Title
For forty years, James K. Wagner was a United Methodist minister. Now that he is retired and living in community with other older people, he has found that no one ages out of asking questions about their Christian faith.
Oh, to Be 108 Again: Aging Gracefully by Living Fully in the 4th Quarter of Life answers questions such as: Why is forgiveness so hard to do? Why is the Bible so difficult to understand? What evidence do we have of an afterlife? Is there any help in coping with grief?
Wagner’s Spiritual and Ethical Wellness Checklist personalizes the book for each reader, and each chapter concludes with four questions for personal reflection and small group discussion.
There are no wrinkles on one’s soul. Spiritual growth has no limitations. And with a heart that cares for others, with eyes that see beyond everyday happenings, and with a spirit in tune with the spirit of God, we will find that good things can and do happen in our later years.
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Best Is Yet To Come
$16.95Add to cartDo you wish your later years came with a manual? While we all face fears about growing older, we can still approach our time and our relationships with faith, fun, and fulfillment. God gives us his grace to take risks and make decisions at this stage of our lives–with wisdom, peace, and joy. Find out how your second half of life can be the best years yet!
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Vesper Time : The Spiritual Practice Of Growing Older
$23.00Add to cartVesper Time addresses the yearning among elders for continued growth, expansiveness of heart, improvement of mind, and a meaningful understanding of our lives in our later years. With a new Introduction and Discussion Guide, it provides expert guidance and gentle encouragement for those in this stage of their journey of life.
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Uncommon Guide To Retirement
$15.99Add to cartHow to have a retirement worth having
There’s a lot of advice about retirement out there. Some try to tell you retirement can and should be a perpetual vacation. Others might speak about retirement as a time for your second career. And there’s some truth in all of it, but there’s a lot wrong with it too.
An Uncommon Guide to Retirement gives you a new way of looking at retirement (that doesn’t reject the good from the old ways of doing things). In it, Jeff Haanen explores ideas like Sabbath, calling, and purpose, and teaches you how to:
-reframe conversations around the body and healthcare decisions
-understand your family system, set boundaries, and leave an intentional legacy
-love God, bear witness to the gospel, and serve your neighbors in retirement
-and more!If you’re retired or thinking about retirement and want a more purpose-filled retirement, this book is for you!
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Safe And Secure10 Essential Steps For Seniors To Protect Against Financial
$14.99Add to cartThieves and scammers are on the prowl for easy targets who have significant exposed assets-and if you’re a senior citizen who saved for retirement, you may be the perfect mark.
Fran Tarkenton, the NFL Hall of Fame quarterback who became a succesful entrepreneur, has partnered with financial executive and software developer Rick Gossett to present this practical, up-to-date guide to scam-proofing your savings during your golden years. Safe & Secure will give you ten specific actions steps that will turn you from an “easy” target into a “hard” target. A well-prepared senior who understands the potential for financial abuse and has taken the precautions recommended in this book is more than likely to remain safe and secure through a long and comfortable retirement.
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Aging Gracefully
$7.99Add to cartHow does the Bible instruct us as we grow older? Age gracefully, age wisely, age resolutely to the glory of God.
There are few longings in my heart deeper than this: That God would let me live a godly, purposeful, dignified old age. I mean to encourage us both to age gracefully, to age wisely, to age resolutely to God’s glory.
We are all aging. We are passing through time until we reach the end of our time. We soon learn that greater age brings greater sorrow but also greater joy, especially to those who are in Christ.
To age gracefully we must age in Christ and for Christ. What does it look like to age gracefully? What do we need to be doing now to ensure we finish this race strong?
These are questions for all Christians, young and old. Thankfully the Bible speaks clearly about how to age and how to age well. Join me in exploring what the Bible has to say about age and aging and learn how we can all hear those beautiful words, “well done, good and faithful servant.”
-Tim Challies
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30 Days Of Hope When Caring For Aging Parents
$9.99Add to cartIn 30 Days of Hope When Caring for Aging Parents, author and fellow caregiver Kathy Howard offers the encouragement needed as you strive to care for your parents in a way that pleases God and shows them honor and respect while maintaining their dignity. Through Scripture passages, prayer prompts, and Kathy’s personal stories, be strengthened in the knowledge that the giver of all wisdom will empower you in the daily moments when you are caught between being your parents’ child and their caregiver.
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Whats Age Got To Do With It
$16.99Add to cartIf you think that being old is about having a rocking chair and an easy life style, think again. You’re looking through the binoculars backwards. What’s Age Got To Do With It? turns the lenses the right way around and gives a clear, Scriptural view of God’s purpose for old age. When He created the universe, God set in motion times and seasons and the ageing process. Old age was part of His plan from the beginning – that people should ripen to maturity, developing wisdom through a lifetime of experience and relationship with Him, eventually enriching others with attributes that have been honed over lifetimes. But instead of contributing as God intended, many see themselves as “useless” and are afraid of being a burden. Ageism has destroyed their self-image and expectations, and they give up and become passive – and we are all the losers. Here are stories of many people living full, purpose-driven lives well into their 90s and even 100s. For example, you’ll meet the lay preacher who wrote a book at 100 years of age because he couldn’t stand long enough to preach, and the 95-year-old who organized more Christian support from local churches for his care home, as well as many ordinary people who are making a difference to the lives of those around them. What’s Age Got To Do With It? shows how to take off the reins and live the way God intended from the beginning.
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Aging Well : Living Long Finishing Strong
$5.99Add to cartIntroducing Aging Well, the new book part of the 42 minibook Hope for the Heart series with over one million copies sold. Aging Well shows how you can be a vibrant senior, one with grace and joy, no matter what your physical circumstances. This quick-guide to aging well covers the issues that seniors face, defines the roadblocks and their causes, and shows steps to solution with biblical hope and practical advice.
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On Broken Pieces
$15.99Add to cartIn the 27th chapter of the book of Acts, Luke describes how the apostle Paul and his shipmates endure a storm-tossed shipboard voyage to Rome. They commit the ship to the sea and themselves into the hands of God. The ship is broken into pieces–not to destroy them, but to save them, for some reached the safety of shore on planks and debris from the broken ship. They came in on broken pieces.
Award-winning author Joshua A. McClure was compelled by a vision from God to share encouraging words with all who desire release from their prisons of despair, to the land of hope and freedom. Here he shares 32 years of transforming messages from The Pleasant Street Baptist Church Pulpit after frequent encounters with a loving, caring God. The sermons collected within these pages are simple, clear, and personal. It is Joshua’s hope and prayer that God will use these simple words to resurrect the hearts of those who have been waiting and longing for him.
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Embodied Hope : A Theological Meditation On Pain And Suffering
$25.00Add to cartA Necessary Prelude
Part I: The Struggle
1. Hard Thoughts About God
2. Don’t Answer Why
3. Longing And Lament
4. Embracing Embodiment
5. Questions That Come With PainPart II: The Strangeness Of God
6. One With Us: Incarnation
7. One For Us: Cross
8. Risen And RemainingPart III: Life Together
9. Faith, Hope, And Love
10. Confession And The Other
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This book will make no attempt to defend God. . . . If you are looking for a book that boasts triumphantly of conquest over a great enemy, or gives a detached philosophical analysis that neatly solves an absorbing problem, this isn’t it. Too often the Christian attitude toward suffering is characterized by a detached academic appeal to God’s sovereignty, as if suffering were a game or a math problem. Or maybe we expect that since God is good, everything will just work out all right somehow. But where then is honest lament? Aren’t we shortchanging believers of the riches of the Christian teaching about suffering? In Embodied Hope Kelly Kapic invites us to consider the example of our Lord Jesus. Only because Jesus has taken on our embodied existence, suffered alongside us, died, and been raised again can we find any hope from the depths of our own dark valleys of pain. As we look to Jesus, we are invited to participate not only in his sufferings, but also in the church, which calls us out of isolation and into the encouragement and consolation of the communal life of Christ. Drawing on his own family’s experience with prolonged physical pain, Kapic reshapes our understanding of suffering into the image of Jesus, and brings us to a renewed understanding of-and participation in-our embodied hope. -
When Did Everybody Else Get So Old
$29.99Add to cartFrom writer and veteran columnist Jennifer Grant comes an unflinching and spirited look at the transitions of midlife. When Did Everybody Else Get So Old? plumbs the physical, spiritual, and emotional changes unique to the middle years: from the emptying nest to the sagging effects of aging. Grant acknowledges the complexities and loss inherent in midlife and tells stories of sustaining disappointment, taking hard blows to the ego, undergoing a crisis of faith, and grieving the deaths not only of illusions but of loved ones. Yet she illuminates the confidence and grace that this season of life can also bring. Magnetic, good-humored, and full of hope in the sustaining power of the Spirit, this is a must-read for anyone facing the flux and flow of middle age.
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When Did Everybody Else Get So Old
$16.99Add to cartFrom writer and veteran columnist Jennifer Grant comes an unflinching and spirited look at the transitions of midlife. When Did Everybody Else Get So Old? plumbs the physical, spiritual, and emotional changes unique to the middle years: from the emptying nest to the sagging effects of aging. Grant acknowledges the complexities and loss inherent in midlife and tells stories of sustaining disappointment, taking hard blows to the ego, undergoing a crisis of faith, and grieving the deaths not only of illusions but of loved ones. Yet she illuminates the confidence and grace that this season of life can also bring. Magnetic, good-humored, and full of hope in the sustaining power of the Spirit, this is a must-read for anyone facing the flux and flow of middle age.
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Joys Of Getting Older
$7.99Add to cart“A straightforward, clear-cut how-to book for putting a spark (or two!) back into your life. It truly describes the magical beauty to be found in the twilight years.” –Yule Biyung, author and inspirational speaker
“An inspirational look at the beauty found within the Circle of Life.” -The Times
Thomas and Cindy Senior are the best-selling husband-and-wife team who authored Retiring Gracefully and Senior Sex: How to Rekindle the Sizzle in Your Bedroom. In The Joys of Getting Older the tradition of their previous books, they have collected all their best advice and share their insights into how you can lead a happy and energetic life after reaching “that certain age.” The Seniors are living out their dream retirement in sunny Florida, where hurricanes and theme parks provide routine stimulation in their lives.
And not surprisingly, in the pages of this telling tome, readers will find 120 blank pages. Because in reality, getting older sucks!
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Upside Down Living Identity And Aging
$9.99Add to cartWe get older every day, and as we age our lives change. In moving from youth to young adulthood, from middle-aged to retiree, we discover that life marches on even as our situations and identities continue to change. This study explores how we can age faithfully and gracefully, embracing ourselves through each phase of life.
Weary of Christian faith wrapped in a flag and trapped in your heart? Tired of faith as usual? Live out your Christian faith through the lens of Jesus. Follow values that seem so counter-cultural they appear to be upside down. Each compelling six-session Upside-Down Living Bible study helps us encounter the teachings of Jesus and wrestle with living out the kingdom here and now. The Bible isn’t a cookbook with solutions for every ethical dilemma, but it helps us raise the right questions, encounter the teachings of Jesus, and discover new ways of faithful living in the world. Ideal for Sunday school or Bible study sessions, each topical study covers a specific theme or issue, and comes with thought-provoking discussion questions and activities. Be inspired and transformed in your faith. Live upside down.
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Making Meaning In Older Age
$14.99Add to cartMaking meaning in life can be challenging at any age. However, making and sustaining meaning in advancing age can be especially difficult due to physiological changes, declining health, and multiple losses. From years of personal and professional experience, and with much warmth, the authors address the multifaceted nature of meaning and offer practical ways in which older adults can find and sustain meaning despite the transitions experienced with advancing age. They also offer ways in which family members can help their aging loved ones in their journey of meaning-making. Bringing together the pieces of one’s life through meaning-making is vital for older adults and offers a precious gift for their loved ones!
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Grace Factor : Makeup Techniques For The Woman Over 50
$16.95Add to cartThis is a book about beauty for women who are aging! In a world that embraces and values youth. You can’t be made beautiful in the way you were when you were younger. But this book can help you appreciate what you have and make the most of what you have with these simple techniques. Every woman will find a WOW moment in the grace Factor
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Poetry Aging Redefined
$22.00Add to cartMary Anne Miceli’s fifth poetry book, “Poetry: Aging Redefined,” reflects on many aspects of change through Life and examines how on-going positive thinking and questioning ever motivate us. Her seascape photos, all taken at Hospital Point-overlooking the Beverly/Salem MA Harbor at twilight, visually display on-going changes- reflective of Life’s continual changes.
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My Corner : My Time
$11.00Add to cartAs one enters the ages between 70 and 80 one reaches a milestone and enters their golden years. While a milestone, entering the 70-80 age bracket comes with serious questions.
As we age, many become less and less independent, although the desire to be so does not diminish. Simple pleasures and loved activities are not as effortlessly done nor are they as pleasantly experienced. The life changes experienced in the 70-80 year milestone initiate the question of mortality. When do we accept it? More importantly, when and will society allow us to ask this question of ourselves?
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And The End Was The Beginning
$7.99Add to cartGrow In Wisdom Foundation
Christian embarks on a fascinating adventure that begins as an ordinary day. At times, he finds himself drowning in the monotony of his day-to-day routine; but today, he will learn the truth about relationships, love and many of life’s unanswered questions. After this journey, Christian will never view life the same. -
Gray Matters : 100 Devotions For The Aging
$18.00Add to cartRay Frazier has provided us with short, insightful and quality devotional thoughts. His inclusion of quotes and prayers from a diverse collection of writers, along with Scripture references, deepens the reading and reflection experience. Well worth one hundred days!
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Moments To Remember
$14.95Add to cartThis book offers a faith perspective for reflection upon the experience of aging, drawing especially upon the wisdom of St. Ignatius of Loyola. It provides the reader with a context for understanding their spiritual journey and a variety of reflection questions aimed at deepening their gratitude and hope. The book uses poetry and quotations of well known people to affirm the reader s reflection process.
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Victory Lap : Growing Old With God
$13.99Add to cartIt happens to all of us if we live long enough. We grow older, with all the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual challenges that implies. But that’s really good news. It means we’re living longer, healthier lives and that we have the opportunity to continue learning and growing and contributing for a long time.
The Victory Lap is about all that. It’s also about exercise, good diet, sleep. About our need for each other, to be involved with life and to prepare for death and the legacy we leave behind.
It’s about treasuring life, feeling gratitude to God and the people around us, adjusting to retirement and filling that extra time well. It’s about being honest and real, with ourselves and other people.
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Loving Later Life
$20.50Add to cartNobody enjoys growing old. We normally fear our own aging and generally do not love old people — they remind us that death is inescapable, the body frail, and social status transitory. In “Loving Later Life” Frits de Lange shows how an ethics of love can acknowledge and overcome the fear of aging and change our attitude toward the elderly.De Lange reframes the biblical love command this way: We must care for the aging other as we care for our own aging selves. We can encourage positive self-love by embracing life as we age, taking good care of our own aging bodies, staying good friends with ourselves, and valuing the last season of life. When we cultivate this kind of self-love, we are released from our aversion to growing old and set free to care about others who are aging — our parents, our relatives, and others in their final season of life.”
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Jewish Wisdom For Growing Older
$16.99Add to cart15 Chapters
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Offers inspiration and guidance to help you make greater meaning and flourish amid the challenges of aging. It taps ancient Jewish wisdom for values, tools and precedents to frame new callings and beginnings, shifting family roles, and experiences of illness and death. For seekers of all faiths; for personal use and caregiving settings. -
Launch Your Encore
$15.00Add to cartIn 2011, the first of the 76 million baby boomers–nearly a quarter of the US population–began turning 65. Every day for the next fifteen years, over ten thousand of them will celebrate that birthday. And for the first time in history, this generation will enjoy many years post-career pursing meaning and purpose outside of traditional retirement. What will they do with that time? One thing is for sure: most of them want to find something meaningful. This book lays out the choices to be made to find fulfillment in the encore years of life.
Launch Your Encore is a game plan for life after one’s main-act career. Hans Finzel and Rick Hicks show boomers how to enter this new stage of life poised for personal satisfaction and contributions to society. They offer tested advice on finding new life potential and thriving in these later decades of life. With real-life examples of people who have made the transition from full-time work to volunteering, ministry, or even second careers, Launch Your Encore shows boomers how to make an impact later in life.
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2nd Forgetting : Remembering The Power Of The Gospel During Alzheimers Dise
$14.99Add to cartCharles is 78 years old and there is much he cannot remember. He cannot remember the names of his children, why he lives in a nursing home, or even whether he ate breakfast today. His forgetting causes confusion, and in his fear and uncertainty he sometimes lashes out at those who try to care for him. But when someone reads a favorite Psalm he quickly joins in, reciting each cherished word. When he hears an old hymn of faith, his hand slowly raises and he breathes out each word quietly, his face reflecting a peace that passes all understanding. Alzheimer’s disease has been described as the ‘defining disease’ of the baby boomer generation. Millions of Americans will spend much of their retirement years either caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or experiencing its effects on their lives firsthand. When a person is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, they face great uncertainty, knowing that they can expect to live their remaining years with increasing confusion and progressively greater reliance upon other people to care for them. As the disease advances it seems to overwhelm a person, narrowing their focus and leading them to forget critical truths about the Lord, their life with him, and his promises. Through the personal stories of those affected and the loved ones who care for them, Dr. Benjamin Mast highlights the power of the gospel for those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Filled with helpful, up-to-date information, Dr. Mast answers common questions about the disease and its effect on personal identity and faith as he explores the biblical importance of remembering and God’s commitment to not forget his people. In addition, he gives practical suggestions for how the church can come alongside families and those struggling, offering help and hope to victims of this debilitating disease. If you are a Christian who knows or loves someone with Alzheimer’s disease, have recently been diagnosed with early Alzheimer’s disease, or are a pastor or ministry leader seeking to better understand and minister to people with Alzheimer’s disease this book will encourage you with the good news of God’s faithfulness and the future hope he calls us to.
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Robbed While Grieving
$8.00Add to cartPeople are operating in the dark in matters of immortality. In the end, they face death unprepared and leave the bereaved similarly unprepared, bewildered, and frustrated. Ms. SMck’s book is a practical guide to prepare you and your loved ones for transition into the next life.
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God Me And Being Very Old
$35.99Add to cartDeath and dying are a constant presence in the life and work of care homes. Residents stay, on average, around 20 months (nursing homes) or 36 months(residential/social care homes/assisted living) and die there. The care home is therefore the setting for the last major event of each residents life. Yet these experiences of the very old at the close of their lives have received remarkably little attention either in practice or in research. Nor have churches and theologians given their oldest members anything like the concern for their spiritual wellbeing that they give to the young. The heart of this book will aim to give voice to something similar from some of the oldest old as they reflect on their pilgrimage of faith from the perspective of extreme old age (over 90). In particular the authors explore what this perspective has to say to the other members of their faith communities, particularly in terms of the things that are seen as being of importance and value. The particular significance of reflections arising from the experience of approaching death will be explored. This is one area where religious thinking is often out of step with contemporary imagery and language.
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I Love Growing Older But Ill Never Grow Old
$16.99Add to cartGrowing older is a process. Growing old is a conclusion. If you’re growing older you see some hope because you have perspective and you keep learning. If you’ve grown old, you may cynically think that times have never been as bas as they are now, and that they can only get worse.
This book is about learning how to “make peace with where you are right now.” It’s about learning from the past and then moving past it. It’s about growing – personally, spiritually, and in our relationships with God and with others. If we think properly about growing older we’ll never have to grow old.
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Midlife Manhood And Ministry
$14.99Add to cartFacing midlife and ministry with grace, integrity, and faith.
KEY FEATURES:
Shares candid and conversational stories from ministers facing midlife
Looks at biblical men who struggled through their own midlife crises
Provides wisdom and practical counsel for ministering after age 40Middle age: the mere mention of it has been known to strike fear in the hearts of men across the nation. Pastors often counsel church members-individuals, couples, parents and children-who are struggling with the emotional, relational, and physical changes that midlife brings. But what happens when the man struggling with midlife is the pastor himself? Pastor, husband, father, and mentor Donald Hilliard courageously describes his own journey into midlife-and talks candidly with other clergy around the country who share their own stories. Featuring a chapter that explores biblical men who strove to master their own midlife crises, this honest and conversational book offers testimonies, wisdom, and practical counsel for facing life and ministry after age 40 with grace, integrity, and faith.
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Other Side Of Life
$10.95Add to cartHealthy Life Press
Drawing on biblical examples and his 60-plus years of pastoral experience, Rev. Biebel helps older (and younger) adults understand God’s view of aging and the rich life available to everyone who seeks a deeper relationship with God as they age. Rev. Biebel explains how to: Identify God’s ongoing plan for your life; Rely on faith to manage the anxieties of aging; Form positive, supportive relationships; Cultivate patience; Cope with new technologies; Develop spiritual integrity; Understand the effects of dementia; Develop a Christ-centered perspective of aging.
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Trashed Or Treasured
$21.99Add to cart“Fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14-16) in God’s image (Genesis 1:29-27) – mankind, at any age, is respected and valued by his Creator. How we treat the older adult is a reflection of our spiritual life (Leviticus 19:32). Men and women in their old age should not be rejected but rather reconnected and cared for by the family and the church. Assistance should be provided to help the older adult find purpose and a way to serve God until the last breath. From the first breath all in the human race begin a journey that hopefully ends with an abundant entrance into eternal life: crossing a bridge from life’s experience to life eternal, having lived a life of eternal significance and purpose…leaving a legacy for the coming generations. (See Philippians 3:12-14, 2 Peter 1:5-15 and Psalm 71:18.)”
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Trashed Or Treasured
$13.49Add to cart“Fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14-16) in God’s image (Genesis 1:29-27) – mankind, at any age, is respected and valued by his Creator. How we treat the older adult is a reflection of our spiritual life (Leviticus 19:32). Men and women in their old age should not be rejected but rather reconnected and cared for by the family and the church. Assistance should be provided to help the older adult find purpose and a way to serve God until the last breath. From the first breath all in the human race begin a journey that hopefully ends with an abundant entrance into eternal life: crossing a bridge from life’s experience to life eternal, having lived a life of eternal significance and purpose…leaving a legacy for the coming generations. (See Philippians 3:12-14, 2 Peter 1:5-15 and Psalm 71:18.)”
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Should We Live Forever
$19.50Add to cartIn Should We Live Forever? Christian ethicist Gilbert Meilaender puzzles over the implications of the medical advances that have lengthened the human life span, wrestling with what this quest for living longer means for our conception of living well and completely. As he points out in his introduction, “That we often desire, even greedily desire, longer life is clear; whether what we desire is truly desirable is harder to say.” The six chapters of this book take multiple perspectives on issues surrounding aging and invite readers to consider whether “indefinitely more life” is something worth pursuing and, if humans are created for life with God, whether longer life will truly satisfy our underlying hunger.
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Mom Mumbles And Pop Cant Pee
$16.99Add to cartLucas Park Books
The golden years are seldom blissful and euphoric. Despite how much you love them, becoming parent to your parents will try your patience and resolve. Are you ready for this? Peter Christian Olsen’s book is a perfect complement to professional manuals for discovering the essentials of caring for difficult older parents. -
When Your Parent Becomes Your Child
$18.99Add to cartHope and inspiration for helping parents through the aging process and the decline that comes with dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease.Dementia is one of the world’s fastest growing illnesses. Without a major medical breakthrough, the estimated 24 million people living with some form of the disease could easily jump as high as 84 million by the year 2040. It is rapidly becoming everyone’s problem.
When Your Parent Becomes Your Child tells the story of one family who reluctantly began to recognize and then deal with the common issues found in caring for their elderly loved one:
memory loss
physical decline
personal hygiene
dangers of driving and living alone
aberrant behavior
uncharacteristic attitudesAs he chronicles his own mom’s degenerative condition, New York Times bestselling writer Ken Abraham not only educates but offers inspiration to help readers cope with and manage their family circumstances.
With humor and spiritual reminders of God’s command to honor our parents, Abraham encourages readers, helping them shoulder the additional, often difficult responsibilities. And though patients will not recover this side of heaven, he suggests many practical things that families can do to make the experience safer, kinder, and more endurable for everyone involved.Helping our loved ones live out their remaining years in dignity paves the way for a rewarding and enriching experience for our families, and for the people whose lives they have affected for all eternity.
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Pilgrimage Into The Last Third Of Life
$15.99Add to cartFrom age 60 to 90 and beyond, people face a time of special challenges and opportunities to draw closer to God. This book offers readers Bible-based meditations that address 7 tasks essential to living the last third of life with purpose. Inspiring topics covered include facing limitations, continuing spiritual growth, and leaving a legacy.
Helpful reflection questions make this book suitable for group use or for personal growth.
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Spirituality Of Caregiving
$9.99Add to cartYou already know that caregiving is hard work and is sometimes unappreciated, but have you ever considered that it isn’t easy to be the care receiver? In this encouraging book Henri Nouwen communicates warmth, respect, and compassion as he shares heartfelt insights on what it means to be a caregiver and to be cared for. His wisdom will change how you approach the caregiving relationship. A must read for every caregiver!
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Aging Faithfully
$7.99Add to cart1. Accepting The Challenges Of Aging
2. Finding God’s Purpose In Aging
3. Overcoming The Temptations Of Aging
4. Discovering The Joy Of AgingAdditional Info
Old age isn’t a punishment – it’s a gift from God, Missy Buchanan says in Aging Faithfully. She believes it’s all a matter of how people choose to view aging. If they focus on negative images of growing old, they will likely miss the treasures right in front of them. But if they fix their eyes on God, they will discover the abiding joy that can accompany a long life.This book is divided into four weeks, each with a particular theme:
1. Accepting the challenges of aging
2. Finding God’s purpose in aging
3. Overcoming the temptations of aging
4. Discovering the joy of agingEach daily reading supports the weekly theme with a scripture passage, meditation, prayer and suggestions for deeper thought or practical application. Sunday of each week offers the reader a time to celebrate the culmination of the week’s readings.
Reflection questions at the back of the book may be used for small-group discussion or as another opportunity for individuals to explore the topics more fully.
Readers who take time to complete these 28 days of prayer will discover how to age both joyfully and faithfully. Aging Faithfully may be just the resource some persons need to see aging as a positive experience instead of fearing it.
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Finishing Well : The Adventure Of Life Beyond Halftime
$19.99Add to cartAuthor Bob Buford called them “code breakers.” They are people age 40 and older who have pioneered the art of finishing well in these modern times, and who can teach us to do the same, starting today.
Buford sought out 60 of these trailblazers-including Peter Drucker, Roger Staubach, Jim Collins, Ken Blanchard, and Dallas Willard-and has recorded their lively conversations in these pages so that they can serve as “mentors in print” for all of us.
“Twenty years from now,” Buford writes, “the rules for this second adulthood as a productive season of life may be better known. But for now, we’re out across the frontier breaking new ground.”
Buford gives you a chance to sit at the feet of these pioneers and learn the art of finishing well so you can shift into a far more fulfilling life now, no matter your age, and pursue a lasting significance that will be a legacy for future generations.
