By Ward Tanneberg The exact site of ancient Cana in Galilee is in some dispute. However, due to recent excavations uncovering ruins dating back to the 1st to 4th centuries, visiting some of the churches on the traditional site (i.e., the Franciscan Wedding Church and the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint George) can set your [...]
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 [...]
By Ward Tanneberg Can it be possible? A "last" word? From Ward? How unlikely is that? For seven years (almost), I’ve been writing A Word from Ward blogs as part of the CASA50+ Network. Speaking up for adults 50+ along with the pastors and others who work with them has been my “second half calling.” However, [...]
“Can we launch a sage coach movement?” Aging changes you. Not just the way you look, but how you think and feel about life. It can make you (and those you serve) bitter or better. On so many levels and in so many ways, the reasons for one’s aging are summed up in a rediscovery [...]
The world population is getting older. But what’s important is that different countries are aging at different speeds and in different ways. If you knew that China’s workforce will start to shrink in 2015, would that change your view of international trade prospects and China’s economic future in the world? If you knew China’s 65+ [...]