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

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

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

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

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

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

A Different Conversation About Aging   There is a problem with the way we talk about aging.   Public conversation about later life is mostly about managing decline.

The Fourth Agreement sounds, at first glance, like the most demanding of the four.   Always do your best.   For some, those words feel like encouragement. For