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

Last week, we explored individuation—the inward movement toward wholeness that Carl Jung believed marks the second half of life. Jung was clear about one

There comes a point in life when growth no longer means adding more—more knowledge, more roles, more certainty.   Instead, growth begins to look like gathering.   Experiences

In the first half of life, much of our energy goes outward. We build. We prove. We establish roles that help us survive and