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Encouragement for the second half
Articles to help adults 55+ keep serving, mentoring, and finishing strong
Content or Complacent?
We know the Apostle Paul dealt with a very wide range of challenging circumstances, including shipwrecks and imprisonment. He wasn’t a fearful man, afraid of change. He certainly didn’t use contentmen
Read more →Living YES!: Persevere In Prayer — Sharon & John Burke
Judy honors two prayer champions: Sharon, who learned God truly hears her, and her son-in-law's father John Burke, who has saturated his California county with prayer.
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Third Third
With the end in clearer sight, we sense greater urgency in making the rest of our lives count for the kingdom.DL Moody shared a great thought: “Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succe
Read more →Living YES!: Something New — Welcoming Dan & Shani Parotti
In this first Living YES! issue, Judy Wick announces that Dan and Shani Parotti will become the next YES! Executive Directors, and Shani reflects on saying yes.
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Making Room for the Miraculous
May we make room in our hearts for the miraculous. God has done it countless times, and He can do it again.As He leads, let’s be open to going against the grain of diminished, later-life, ‘that’s the
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Just a-Passing Through
Another new year with early reminders that we live in uncertain, turbulent times.Our local hardships paled in comparison to the fires that ravaged Southern California. Over and over, we heard people t
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Flourishing - to the End
As we encourage flourishing in life’s later years, we realize not everyone flourishes right up to the very end. Lots of pain, misery and disability often accompany the final weeks, months and sometime
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Do Rules Rule?
We’re sure there were plenty of rule-followers there the day Jesus delivered his Sermon on the Mount, with the Pharisees being chief among them.But Jesus challenges those determined to color inside th
Read more →Women Connect: Keep Dreaming — Jessica Martinson
In her final Women Connect issue, Judy shares the story of nineteen-year-old Jessica Martinson, who was called as a child to minister to senior adults.
Read more →Women Connect: His Faithfulness — Shani Parotti
Raised by a single mom, Shani found stability in Christ at fourteen. Decades later, she and husband Dan were voted the next executive directors of YES!
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Success/ors
Both Judy and I had dads who ran successful businesses, Judy’s in residential painting and mine in home building.When their respective careers in these trades ended, they closed up shop. Their highly
Read more →Women Connect: Heaven Awaits — Rheba Hanks
At 95.6 and in hospice care, Rheba Hanks still models what a disciple of Jesus looks like — listening and praying with everyone God sends to her room.
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