Older Adult Ministries

"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.

Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.  Learn more about the image, here. By the Rev. Paul Graves On November 8, we all have a chance to vote...

Hourglass image courtesy of Wikipedia. For more info, click here. Nurturing Elders and Others: Community Conversations Explore End-of-Life By The Rev. Paul Graves • elderadvocates@nctv.com This...

By Ellis Waller-Walker I am a boomer and confronting getting older. The irony is that I happened to have a background in aging as a...

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....

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...

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....

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Nurturing Elders and Others: Putting the You, Me, We into US By Douglas Ferguson | Photos by Wikimedia Commons Editor’s note: Douglas Ferguson, a young adult within...

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Learn more about this image, here. Nurturing Elders: Walls Hide Our Real Identities By the Rev. Paul Graves “We learned that to...