An Interview with the Rosenbergs Pete Menconi Aging in America is changing dramatically. In the past 100 years, about 30 years has been added to the life expectancy of the average American. These additional years have disrupted the retirement plans of millions of older adults. But with the new challenges of greater longevity also [...]
What's Your Total Memory Span? In the book, The Fourth Turning, an insightful generational study by William Strauss and Neil Howe, the authors suggest that we each communicate through our lives across a vast reach of time. So, I followed their suggestion to recall the oldest person who had influenced my life. It was [...]
Forging Ahead Beginning in 2012, The CASA Network is making an historic move: transitioning from its long held member-support approach to funding its outreach, to one that is "faith-based," supported by individuals, churches and parachurch groups that possess a vision and passion for older adult and intergenerational ministries. The board reached a decision for this [...]
Seeing 'Seniors' as Elders Jim M. Houston The title “Age-ing is for Sage-ing” is not mine. It is taken from a popular Jewish book, “From Age-ing to Sage-ing” by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, 1997. As a secular Jew fearing his own ageing, he sought the wisdom of Sufi masters, Buddhist teachers and Native American shamans. [...]
The Best Vines The ‘new elders’ arrived when much of your church was looking the other way. Together with their older ‘builder’ parents, boomers usually represent at least 25% of urban and suburban centers in Canada and America, 45% of the average evangelical congregation and 51% of mainline congregations. These ‘new elders’ of Christendom are [...]