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We are now deep into the holiday season. I think for a lot of us, especially older generations, this is a tough time. It can be tough mentally, emotionally, and financially. Colder weather also highlights seasonal ways to help carry the physical burdens of others.
Read MoreMost of the time we don’t see the exponential, ripple effect of our sharing. Sharing our faith can have huge consequences, multiplied many times over. Your encouragement of just one person can lead to many other lives being touched.
Your penmanship may not be perfect, but perhaps God will use you today to write a personal note to someone. Yes, it’s old-school, but sometimes old-school expressions like a hand-written note stand out in our expedient, tech-driven world.
Read MoreYou are exactly what your church needs right now. The last thing you need to do is get out of the way of the young people and let them completely take over. We need you.
God’s plan for the church has never been to hand the keys of ministry to just one generation. Over and over again, the Bible gives us a picture of intergenerational ministry: multiple generations working and growing together to accomplish the mission God has given them.
Read More“Pivot” is a word most ministry leaders heard repeatedly over the past nine months, emphasizing we can’t go about business as usual. And pivoting will be a recurring theme as we grow older.
Our prayer for individuals and churches is that we’ll continue pivoting toward a better normal, as God and His Word direct, not settling for some of the missteps that were all too common in “the good ol’ days.”
Read MoreAfter much prayer we launched our Senior Adult Ministry in August. Yes, right in the middle of the pandemic.
I hope this is helpful to someone out there. I was determined to think outside the box and get this thing going, not waiting until the pandemic was totally over.
Read MoreGod wants our full attention, so let’s give it to Him during this Selah year. It will make us stronger moving forward.
Read More“What good is coming because of the negative circumstances?”
Beyond side-stepping hardships, we face them squarely, realizing ‘beauty from ashes’ is more than a sugar-coating nugget from Scripture.
Read MoreToo much ebb, and we dry up. Too much flow without Sabbath rest, and we lose our moorings.
We like the middle ground that affirms God’s purpose through aging realities. Spiritual retirement is not His plan for us. Let both the ebb and flow of life continue through every season!
Read MoreRespected professor Howie Hendricks knew that over time we can develop a “hardening of the categories.” It’s not just our arteries we need to worry about.
Let’s continue to learn from the perspective of others through these periods of historic crises. Let’s hold back from know-it-all arrogance and open wide the door of humility. Yes, our world needs changing, but let it start with us.
Read MoreThe Apostle Paul talked about finding contentment in whatever state he found himself, even in a no-go prison environment. But it wasn’t a passive, do-nothing state of contentment … he persevered in hugely significant ways during these times of confinement—writing powerful, world-impacting prison epistles that have helped bolster faith for two millennia.
Read MoreIt really bothers me that 50 million or more Americans are being painted with a single, pitiful brush stroke, no matter how well intentioned it may be.
Well, this is our senior moment! I want to replace that mantra with a challenge to all seniors: Be more than vulnerable, and do more than nothing.
Read MoreCharlotte shared these devotional thoughts at a recent YES! board meeting. Gary & Charlotte are on a missionary assignment in Japan, and Gary serves on the YES! board of directors. With our shared global pandemic experiences, Japan suddenly seemed closer and less foreign on this last Zoom call … We’re in this together.
Read MoreFor some, this gift will help put food on the table or help pay rent for another month.
For others, it's a gift that is appreciated but not critical for survival.
We invite you to pray about how you might steward this gift.
It’s amazing how certain phrases command our attention when life circumstances change. The Word hasn’t changed, but our conditions sure have.
While we’re in a season fraught with very real coronavirus fears, let’s keep our hearts open. We like how Matthew uses the word ‘great’ to describe the joy, and fear has no enhancing descriptor. God still wants to show up with great-joy surprises—greater than our fears.
Read MoreWe join with you in prayer during this very troubling season. Let not our hearts be troubled!
Yes, we’re all in this together, but what a broad swath of life experiences!
Yes, we who are older and more susceptible to this virus’ physical wrath must take special precautions. But younger generations are also experiencing extreme challenges that we’re not facing.
Read MoreIn spiritual and church realms, shortcuts should have a warning label attached. Sometimes they cut God, others, and ourselves short.
Our hearts grieve when we see churches snubbing older adults in their efforts to reach younger generations. We know spiritual health/impact and sustainable faith are diminished when we treat any living generation as irrelevant and dispensable.
Read More… such a clean number to accompany countless invitations to fresh, new beginnings. An annual marker this symmetrical won’t come around again in our lifetime.
May this new decade bring out the best in all of us, and may God divinely lead us to something new!
Read MoreShani and I looked at each other but exchanged no words. I held her hand as Dr. Curran came in with a quiet ‘Good morning’—not his usual sunny greeting. He connected the new device and sat close for a listen.
“Sometimes there are no answers for this.”
Read MoreGod can use every detail of our lives for His glory if we will cooperate and lean into His plan. An out-of-place back and an old gospel song led to a series of unexpected miracles.
Some of God’s best work may occur during these unplanned sidewinders, on the road to our destination. Stay alert, and appreciate the journey!
Read MoreWe’re continually struck by the similarities of college graduation and retirement. Of course, it’s right to celebrate past educational and vocational achievements, but it’s incomplete if we don’t ask, “What’s next?”
Let’s do what we can to publicly champion and help shape the new frontiers ahead, for both early and later-life milestones.
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