Shaping Families

Innovative Aging

Will I have enough money to survive when I retire? Who will care for me as I age? These are questions that haunt many who are nearing retirement.

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by Rebecca Thatcher Murcia

I continually read the recipe sections of newspapers and magazines. It’s exciting to try new ideas and hear about the latest trends. But it is also wonderful to go back to old recipes and the wisdom of our parents and grandparents...

Video
Embracing Aging DVD: In this documentary, you'll meet families who are probably a lot like yours, facing the changes that come in the aging process, who are facing these life changes with courage and success. See all the related resources at the Embracing Aging Web site.

Online
Jennie Chin Hansen's Professional Page, AARP President

Dave Ramsay Dave Ramsey gives trusted financial advice to individuals and churches about finding financial peace. He has helped millions with his books such as "The Total Money Makeover" and programs such as "Financial Peace University."

Read Lynn Miller's article called "What Your Retirement Planner Doesn't Tell You"

For more quotes from Lynn Miller and for additional resources, stories, and links, see Embracing Aging web site.

Mennonite Mutual Aid MMA offers information on stewardship investing – a philosophy of financial decision-making motivated and informed by faith convictions.

Mennonite Mission Network's SOOP program: The Service Opportunities for Older People, or "SOOP" program, is sponsored by Mennonite Mission Network and has service opportunities across the U.S. and the world specifically designed for older people.

Books
The Power of Enough - Lynn A. Miller

Firstfruits Living: Giving God our Best  - Lynn A. Miller

Aging Well - George E. Vaillant

Aging: The Fulfillment of Life - Henri Nouwen

Aging With Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives - David Snowden

Aging Ain't for Sissies

It was one of my late father-in-law’s favorite quips as he battled cancer after cancer. It always seems to come as a surprise that one’s body is getting older, and beginning to fail.

How far does your forgiveness of others run? How many times would you forgive someone? Next week we'll meet John who was the victim of police brutality and whose brother was murdered in the early days of the civil rights movement in the South. Today he speaks and works for forgiveness and reconciliation through the John Perkins Foundation.

Goldwingers 7 Grain Bread

“There are few delights in life greater than the aroma and taste of freshly baked bread.” Host Burton Buller shares a story and recipe from his motorcycle travels.

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