--- title: Abundant Aging - Center for Abundant Aging (4) 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. (4) --- [![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 ### Longing to Belong By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  March 05, 2026 At various points in my life, I have felt that I didn’t belong. Usually these were times following transitions of moving to a new place. And the feeling of not belonging.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/longing-to-belong) ### Heart‑Healthy Eating for Older Adults: Tips for a Healthier You By Amy Kotterman  •  February 26, 2026 Here we are in the second month of the new year, and many people have already given up on their New Year’s resolutions to eat healthier, lose a few pounds and be more.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/heart-healthy-eating-for-older-adults-tips-for-a-healthier-you) ### Hope: Trusting the Process By Anna Redd  •  February 19, 2026 There are many definitions of hope. Some describe it as a feeling of expectation or desire for something to happen. Others see it as trust, or even as clinging to a mere.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/hope-trusting-the-process) ### The Hopes and Fears of Youth and Age By Rev. Dr. Kenneth Daniel  •  February 12, 2026 I grew up in the Lehigh Valley ofPennsylvania, first settled by Moravians, German speaking Protestants fromEastern Europe suffering persecution in the 17th and.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/the-hopes-and-fears-of-youth-and-age) ### On Hope In The Face Of Reality By Rev. Dr. Bobbie McKay  •  February 05, 2026 It was fifteen years ago and in another Christmas season when sudden, unwanted symptoms entered my body spreading cancer molecules everywhere. The most serious question.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/on-hope-in-the-face-of-reality) ### The Silent Struggle: Nurturing Spiritual Wellbeing in Aging Adults By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  January 29, 2026 In the past week alone, I found myself in three different conversations with colleagues who are walking alongside aging parents in their late 80s and early 90s. Each one.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/the-silent-struggle-nurturing-spiritual-wellbeing-in-aging-adults) ### Hope When the Spirit Connects Us By Anthony Spearhart  •  January 22, 2026 What Endures [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/hope-when-the-spirit-connects-us) ### Gherkin:  The Comeback Kid By Lisa B. Thomas  •  January 15, 2026 I had never had a cat, but I have had many dogs. By my count, I have had 7 dogs in my adulthood and 3 dogs as a child. I have also had one bird and three guinea pigs but.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/gherkin-the-comeback-kid) ### Where Does Hope Come from When Life Falls Apart? By Ashley Bills  •  January 08, 2026 I often say that I don’t know how people live without faith—without Jesus, or without hope. And I mean that because hope is central to nearly everything in my life... 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