--- title: Abundant Aging - Center for Abundant Aging | Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging (3) description: Rev. Beth Long-Higgins is the VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging with United Church Homes. She is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, musician, amateur birder and fiber artist. Travel with her spouse, Dave, to visit their adult children and beyond brings her great joy. 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The house we lived in during my elementary and middle school years was the only building the church owned for many years. His office.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/the-new.-the-familiar.-home) ### Learning about our Mortality By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  May 23, 2024 Death and grief are both natural parts of life itself. We want to control them and postpone them and avoid them altogether. And yet, after being birthed into life, death.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/learning-about-our-mortality) ### Let’s Talk about Death and Dying By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  April 04, 2024 You know Benjamin Franklin’s observation that there are two things for certain in the world—death and taxes. So perhaps in this season when we are striving to meet the.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/lets-talk-about-death-and-dying) ### Care Sharing By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  March 21, 2024 Shel Silverstein’s book, “The Giving Tree”, first published in 1964 has been both beloved and banned over the years. For many the story of the relationship between the.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/care-sharing) ### Our Colorful Lives By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  January 11, 2024 It is amazing how much we relate and respond to, interact with and use colors. Long ago I heard about research that showed that churches with blue carpet gave more money.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/our-colorful-lives) ### Holiday Angst By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  November 30, 2023 These holidays from the end of November through the new year stress me out. This is not related to any past trauma or grief around this time of year, but the conflict.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/holiday-angst) ### Life Just Isn’t Fair By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  October 12, 2023 When our son was about 3 1/2 years old and our daughter 8 months, Dave was preparing dinner in the kitchen. He had placed Hannah in the swing chair that she loved. That.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/life-just-isnt-fair) ### The Rampant Abundance of Ageism By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  September 28, 2023 There is a phrase used by leaders in the effort to overcome ageism: Aging isn’t a problem. Ageism is. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/the-rampant-abundance-of-ageism) ### Fountains of Wisdom By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  August 03, 2023 When our grandmother fell in our living room less than 24 hours after arriving in our new home in Kentucky for a visit, her 4-day visit ended up being about 8 weeks.. 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