--- title: Abundant Aging - Center for Abundant Aging (39) 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. (39) --- [![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/) # The Best Things We Leave Behind Aren't Things By Ashley Bills  •  November 05, 2026 I learned a long time ago that material things bring temporary happiness. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/the-best-things-we-leave-behind-arent-things) ## Recent Blog Posts ### Hope in Community — A Tribute to Nursing Homes for National Skilled Nursing Care Week 2020 By Rev. Dr. Kenneth Daniel  •  May 14, 2020 As we cope with the COVID-19 pandemic here in Ohio, the governor has adopted the phrase “We’re in this together” as his motto. I think he’s captured a deep human truth... [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/hope-in-community-a-tribute-to-nursing-homes-for-national-nursing-home-week-2020) ### The Heart of Nursing -- National Nurses Week By Rev. Catherine Lawrence  •  May 07, 2020 Pandemic Healthcare The healthcare profession, with nursing at its center, has been leading the charge in the care of COVID-19 patients. Each year, we celebrate National.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/the-heart-of-nursing-national-nurses-week) ### Hope Grows in Pandemic By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  April 30, 2020 Happy Easter? In this season of Eastertide — a word I love and remember from my growing-up years — we prolong celebrating the good news of resurrection. When I was.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/hope-grows-in-pandemic) ### Hope Is Not Canceled By Rev. Rebecca S. King  •  April 24, 2020 Hope Found in an Ancient Song In mid-March, as the COVID-19 pandemic moved closer to home, I walked around the Life Plan Community I serve to talk with residents about.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/hope-is-not-canceled) ### Promises and Possibilities Amid COVID-19 By Rev. Catherine Lawrence  •  April 16, 2020 The Easter Promise Entering Parkvue Community on Easter morning, I felt like a pastor straddling two very different worlds. The first world is my comforting foundation... [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/promises-and-possibilities-amid-covid-19) ### Easter Is About Hope By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  April 12, 2020 This Easter Sunday morning, as we emerge from another night’s rest, we will engage in the creative tension of things being similar and yet not the same. With Christians.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/easter-is-about-hope) ### Living Inside Hope By Rev. Beth Rodenhouse  •  April 09, 2020 I never expected to live during a pandemic. I mean, I’ve read a lot of science fiction stories about pandemics, but I never expected fiction to become reality. Yet here.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/living-inside-hope) ### Pandemic Lessons By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  April 07, 2020 A week before Christmas seven years ago, my spouse, Dave, and I were both sick with a virus at the same time. It was the first time in 29 years of marriage that we had.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/pandemic-lessons) ### A Pandemic Lament By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  April 05, 2020 As we enter another month of the COVID-19 pandemic reaching our communities, I hear so many of us struggling with this suspended time. A time when nothing is ordinary. I.. 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