Small Bites…Adventures in Downsizing By Jan Kinzel Just when the caterpillar thought his world was over, he became a butterfly! Nothing encourages transformation more than when people are afforded second chances. Finding a place to serve in my community has positively affected the downsizing experience for me. You’ll find that many opportunities for service exist [...]
Small Bites…Adventures in Downsizing By Jan Kinzel As all that is familiar seems to be in the rear view mirror and the settling-in process is nearly complete, unfilled time emerges. Strange…life was so busy before. All of the established communities are no longer nearby—church, neighbors, family, shopping areas. One friend who moved from one coast [...]
By Ward Tanneberg After pastoring many years in the San Francisco East Bay city of Dublin, Dixie and I retired to Palm Desert in Southern California. (Doesn’t everybody dream of doing this?) We had a lovely 3-bedroom home, all on one level, our last stop before heaven. But four years later, we gathered up our [...]
Small Bites…Adventures in Downsizing By Jan Kinzel “I said that I’ve been thinking about downsizing.” “Seriously?” “Seriously.” “You must be smokin’ somethin’ funny. Just sayin’.” “We should start looking into this.” “Whatever.” “Life would be much simpler.” “Whatever!” “We could move to the retirement community where lots of our friends live now.” “And your point [...]
By Ward Tanneberg Sometimes I believe we who are the Church seem more obsessed with finding the age of earth than determining how to reach and serve the aged living on the earth. Population aging is one of four major trends in North America, along with climate change, economic globalization, and technological innovation, changing our [...]