Editor’s Note It has been some time since we last shared a From the Circle reflection. This one arrived recently and seemed important to share.   A

The ancient Greeks had a word for a necessary descent: katabasis. The katabasis meaning is simple—a going down. In their stories, heroes did not

Why the search for the sacred may be more deeply human than we think   “Spirituality is an inborn human capacity.” — Lisa Miller   For years now, headlines

For many of us, caring for the body in later life becomes something different from what it was in youth.   It is the instrument through

What Lloyd Hammons and Diane Mahree reveal about belonging in later life   Some lives are spent searching for where they belong. Others settle into place

Last Sunday’s reflection asked where we belong now. This week, we consider what it means to practice staying with what matters in later life.   For

A man who stayed. A woman who traveled. What their lives ask of us.   Last Sunday, we reflected on a man who spent nearly his

Sunday’s reflection began with a man who stayed in one place for nearly his entire life.   But remaining in later life is not only a

Some people spend a lifetime searching for where they belong. Others simply remain.   Questions of belonging in later life rarely surface all at once. They tend

There is a difference between pushing and staying.   Pushing strains toward a goal. Staying remains with what is here.   An 82-year-old runner may inspire headlines, but