--- title: Abundant Aging - Center for Abundant Aging (31) description: Aging abundantly. What is it? Is it achievable? Are you living it? Find out how to live abundantly through this thought-provoking blog series designed to inspire and come alongside your journey of aging with purpose. (31) --- [![Center for Abundant Aging](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/wp-content/uploads/uch-logo-200x84.png "Center for Abundant Aging")](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center) [Back to United Church Homes](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. - [Educational Opportunities](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/educational-opportunities/) - [Overview](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/educational-opportunities/) - [Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/educational-opportunities/clinical-pastoral-education-cpe/) - [Quellhorst Endowment Fund](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/educational-opportunities/quellhorst-scholars/) - [High School Community Service Opportunities](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/educational-opportunities/high-school-community-service-opportunities/) - [Internships-Undergraduate and Graduate](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/educational-opportunities/internships-undergraduate-and-graduate/) - [Research Opportunities](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/educational-opportunities/research-opportunities/) - Engagement with Congregations - [Resources for Worship and Reflection](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/resources-for-worship-and-reflection/) - [Age-Friendly Congregations](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/age-friendly-congregations/) - [Church Resources](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/church-resources/) - [About the Center](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/about-the-center/) - [Overview](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/about-the-center/) - [Meet Rev. Beth Long-Higgins](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/meet-rev-beth-long-higgins/) - [Advisory Committee](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/advisory-committee/) - [Press Releases](https://www.abundantaging.org/category/press-releases/) - [Contact the Center](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/contact/) # Generations in Frosting By Anthony Spearhart  •  October 01, 2026 Recently, I moved from Wapakoneta to the Cincinnati area to live more fully into my calling as a pastor. It was one of those moves filled with boxes, goodbyes, excitement, grief, too many trips back and forth, and that strange feeling of knowing your life is changing while you are still standing in the middle of it. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/generations-in-frosting) ## Recent Blog Posts ### Rooted in Love By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  August 05, 2021 I spent some time with my sister, our mom, and her two cousins recently. We went to visit the town that was home to multiple generations of my mothers’ extended family... [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/rooted-in-love-3) ### Rooted in Love By Rev. John Gantt  •  July 29, 2021 The Root of the Matter Gardening is not my forte. I have the flower beds to prove it. Only one in ten of the 42 plants, roots, and bulbs I put in the ground this spring.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/rooted-in-love-2) ### Rooted in Divine Love By Rev. Catherine Lawrence  •  July 22, 2021 Creation Scripture begins with beautiful imagery of the divine formation of creation. Psalm 24:1 reminds us: “The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world,.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/rooted-in-divine-love) ### Rooted in Love By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  July 15, 2021 Three common words-- Rooted in love. Three words of scripture-- Rooted in love. Three words. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/rooted-in-love-1) ### Rooted in Love By Reverend Bobbie McKay, Ph.D.  •  July 08, 2021 Sometimes words strike us with a special force and penetrate our spirit with their “rightness”. They don’t have to be complicated or powerful. They don’t have to change.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/rooted-in-love) ### A Blossoming of Hope By Reverend Bobbie McKay, Ph.D.  •  July 01, 2021 In the last five years, death became the center of my life. Uninvited and not sought, this intruder entered my life space and appeared to have a permanent plan of.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/a-blossoming-of-hope) ### Blossoming Hope: Hope Endures By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  June 24, 2021 “Hope” is the thing with feathers— That perches in the soul— And sings the tune without the words— And never stops—at all— Emily Dickinson [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/blossoming-hope-hope-endures) ### Blossoming Hope: Persistent Gardeners By Rev. John Gantt  •  June 17, 2021 We couldn’t help ourselves! When we practiced the anthem, we giggled. Valleys and corn stalks laughing, clapping and singing? You can listen to that portion of the.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/blossoming-of-hope-persistent-gardeners) ### Why Pride Month Matters: For All of Us, at All Ages By Rev. Dr. J. Bennett Guess  •  June 14, 2021 About 18 months ago, Alexander Leon, a writer with the LGBTQ-group Kaleidoscope Trust in London, tweeted a powerful observation about the lived realities of LGBTQ people.. 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