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Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  April 08, 2021 Series Introduction In January, the Abundant Aging writers met to plan the themes for the coming months of this blog. Although that Zoom meeting was a week after our.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/easter-victories) ### Dance On By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  February 26, 2021 Through the remaining five weeks of this Lenten season, we will be reflecting on daily scripture readings. Each blog writer will reflect on their experiences alongside.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/dance-on) ### We The People By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  January 07, 2021 Typically, there is much conversation about resolutions and personal improvement commitments in these first days of a new year. One wants to lose weight, another to read.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/we-the-people) ### 2020 Is Hindsight By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  December 31, 2020 If there was a year when the whole world was ready to put up a new calendar, this is it. We have all experienced the fear of a virus more contagious than ever seen.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/2020-is-hindsight) ### One Whose Name Is “God With Us” By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  December 10, 2020 It is fitting that the scriptural lessons at the beginning of Advent are about gloom and doom. Prophecies about the need for change usually fall at this time of year as.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/one-whose-name-is-god-with-us) ### Our Gratitude Series: An Introduction By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  November 04, 2020 Changes Around Us We are fully into autumn, when shorter days make after-dinner walks less desirable. The cooler temperatures are slowly descending to the point when.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/our-gratitude-series-an-introduction) ### Ask Some Other Question: How Are You? By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  October 29, 2020 One of the things I miss during this pandemic season is small talk. You know, the conversation with colleagues as you walk up a flight of stairs on the way to the same.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/ask-some-other-question-how-are-you) ### Crossing the Street By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  October 22, 2020 What behaviors have you changed since the introduction of the COVID-19 virus into our world? There are the obvious things like wearing masks. And generally feeling.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/crossing-the-street) ### Fighting for, Not a Battle Against By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  October 13, 2020 I recently read an interview with Alex Trebek, the 36-year host of Jeopardy! In March 2019, he shared with the world that he had been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic.. 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