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Forever Young

If you’ve seen the 1989 movie Parenthood, which starred Steve Martin, you know what a fun and entertaining movie it is! A favorite scene of mine is when Helen, played by Dianne Wiest, witnesses a blow-up between her young, unruly, newly married daughter and her son-in-law, and in the process finds out she’s going toContinue reading “Forever Young”

Getting older feels strange

You’re going along in your happy little day when out of the corner of your eye, on a shiny surface, you unexpectedly catch the reflection of your mom or dad. The problem is, you’re not with your mom or dad. Yep, that reflection is you. Perhaps on a different day you’re browsing social media andContinue reading “Getting older feels strange”

Looking for Meaning

Millions of Americans are in their mid-life years, but more and more I’ve come to see a common thread woven through the hearts of those of us who have come to this place: we are asking ourselves, “Does my life have purpose?” There is something about that 50th birthday rolling around (ok 40-somethings, you mayContinue reading “Looking for Meaning”

The Mid-Life Experience

I received a phone call the other day from my daughter, who’s in her late-thirties. Perhaps it was her upcoming birthday that had prompted her mood, but as we chatted she expressed disquieting feelings about her “new phase of life,” and an increasing sense of “losing her youth.” While I replied with sympathy and comfort,Continue reading “The Mid-Life Experience”

Early Yearnings

I felt a connection to God, and all things spiritual, from my earliest years. My spiritual life was born the day my daddy told me, when I was 4 or 5, that I didn’t have to be afraid to die, because when people die they go to Heaven, and he had heard that Heaven wasContinue reading “Early Yearnings”