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Tag Archives | Aging
The Last Few Miles
A daughter cares for an aging mother.
Writer Caroline Mather Brown, a birthright Episcopalian, attends Montclair (N.J.) Meeting.
Posted in: Features, October 2013: On Aging
The Peaceable Kingdom 2.0: Young Adults and Quakerism’s Future
In this post-Christendom, post-9/11 country, there is a growing inter-faith youth movement, thanks in part to the ability of new […]
Stephen Willis Dotson is a member of Goose Creek (Va.) Meeting who carries a concern for the future of Friends. This concern manifests in a desire to nurture rising generations, to facilitate Quaker engagement with ecumenical and inter-religious work, and to help the unique gifts of Quakerism reach those who are seeking them through both traditional and emerging technologies. He is a Board member for Friends Journal.
Posted in: Blogs, Jordan
Resurrection for the Second Half of Life
There is a time in our lives when the future holds so much promise and mystery that the thought of […]
Sitting Closer to the Front
I remember vividly the year I moved from my home near Cincinnati, Ohio, to New Jersey to start my career […]
Peter Lang is a member of Chatham-Summit (N.J.) Meeting. This article first appeared in the March 2009 issue of Spark, the New York Yearly Meeting newsletter, and is reprinted with permission.
Posted in: Features
The Blossom of a Life Well Lived
We began talking about the possibility of doing a special issue on aging and life’s end a couple of years […]
Posted in: Features
An Opportunity to Laugh with Sarah
The righteous flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house […]
Elizabeth F. Meyer is a member of Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting and has served as its clerk. She is part of the leadership of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Spiritual Formation Program.
Posted in: Features
What Is Retirement For?
For a while during the summer of 2003, I was aware of an unanswered question waiting to be asked. As […]
Richard Eastman, a member of Yellow Springs (Ohio) Meeting, has retired from the position of Greene County Engineer.
Posted in: Features
The Move to Happy Valley
We’re too young, but let’s look at some Quaker retirement communities anyway and put our names down—it may take ten […]
Renee Crauder, a member of State College (Pa.) Meeting, lived and worked with her husband, Bob Crauder, in Burma, Lebanon, Syria, Bangladesh, and other Third World countries for 14 years. She now has a ministry of retreats and workshops on prayer, discernment, spirituality, and faithfulness, and she offers one-on-one spiritual direction. Her last article for Friends Journal, “What is Spirituality?” appeared in October 1999.
Posted in: Features
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