The Retirement Trap When Social Security was introduced in 1935, it was described as a safeguard against what lawmakers called the “hazards and vicissitudes of

Last week we reflected on katabasis—the descent. The Greeks paired that word with another: anabasis, a going up. Not a return to the way

The Life That Is Already Here — A Form of Spiritual Wellness   Ask someone what they plan to do in retirement and the answers come

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