Humility in later life is often misunderstood as a lowering of oneself. In practice, it is closer to making room—an openness that allows something

Doubt in later life is not always a crisis of faith.   Last Sunday’s reflection considered a stretch of life where certainty no longer works the

What we pass on in later life is not always noticed. A way of listening. A habit of care. The way someone shows up.   Later

Renewal in later life is often spoken of as a beginning again. A fresh start. A return.   But for many who have lived through loss

Retirement is supposed to bring relief.   More time. Fewer demands. A different pace.   And for many, it does.   But after a while, something else becomes noticeable.   The day

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

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