The Neighborhood is the Family

By Rev. Joanna D’Agostino  •  January 30, 2025

One of my core beliefs comes from a Haitian Proverb: "The Neighborhood is the Family."

Recent Blog Posts

Making Room for Celebrating Older Adults

By Rev. Rebecca S. King  •  July 17, 2020

Older Adults Are Amazing People I am going to let you in on a secret that I have known since I was a child: older adults are amazing people! When I was younger, I..

Making Room For...

By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  July 09, 2020

Memories Forty-five years ago today, I was standing at Lands’ End in England with a group of young people and adults from my Methodist Church. We were on the Methodist..

Remembering Rev. Dr. Ralph Quellhorst

By Guest Blogger  •  July 07, 2020

This special post was written by Rev. Erin Proie, the chaplain at Chapel Hill Community. ************************************ During COVID-19, while experiencing the..

Making Room for Wonder

By Rev. Catherine Lawrence  •  July 02, 2020

Embracing Quietness We are immersed in an orchestra of sound. Residents at Parkvue Community announce they keep their televisions on for company. Various TV stations..

Making Room for Time

By Rev. Beth Rodenhouse  •  June 25, 2020

Making room for time? I know — I can hear what you are thinking. For some of us, all we’ve had is time on our hands. We’ve been sheltering at home, many of us out of..

Making Room for Change

By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Ruth Frost Parker Center for Abundant Aging  •  June 18, 2020

Making Room We are beginning a series about making room. When COVID-19 upended our lives almost four months ago, we all had to move things, move ideas and move or change..

Pride in the Time of COVID-19 and Social Unrest

By Guest Blogger  •  June 11, 2020

Wildfires in Australia. A global pandemic, the worst public health crisis in a century. Great human tragedy worldwide. Police brutality against unarmed black and brown..

Dear 2020 Graduate...

By Rev. Rebecca S. King  •  June 05, 2020

2020 SPRING GRADUATIONS Graduation. Coming from a root word meaning “step,” it is a time to celebrate the work a student has completed in order to move on with the next..

Sacred Thresholds

By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  May 28, 2020

Each time I sit down to write for this Abundant Aging blog, I find myself reviewing my life. Sometimes it’s just a cursory glance at the past week of inconsequential..