Each Generation Calls to the Next

By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  July 03, 2025

In this new season of life—early into retirement with grown adult children fully into charting their careers and raising children, I’ve found myself reviewing my own life and that review includes a perusal of parenting.

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Slowing Down: A Spiritual Practice

By Rev. Jared Ruari  •  February 22, 2018

It threw me for a loop when I first read Richard Morgan’s claim that the relatively slow pace of life in his 80s has been a great spiritual gift. Instinctively, I was..

Wow! The Spirituality of Wonder

By Rev. Beth Rodenhouse  •  February 15, 2018

I was driving home last week and was awestruck by a winter sunset. My breath hitched and I gasped, “Wow!” as my eyes traced the purple, orange and pink clouds swirling..

The Spiritual Practice of Creativity

By Rev. Rebecca S. King  •  February 08, 2018

In her article Top 10 Spiritual Practices for Older Adults Living at Retirement or Long-Term Care Communities, Nancy Gordon notes, “For many, spirituality is the core of..

Transformative Connection

By Rev. Catherine Lawrence  •  February 01, 2018

Building connections with others is essential to our quality of life. Each connection creates a window into the world that allows us to broaden our individual..

Just Keep Moving: Exercise as a Spiritual Practice

By Rev. Jared Ruari  •  January 25, 2018

Do you remember Virginia McLaurin, the 106-year-old woman who danced with joy while meeting President and First Lady Barack and Michelle Obama?

Spiritual Practice: Making Music

By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  January 18, 2018

Is making music a spiritual practice?

Wisdom Conversations: Clergy, Lay Leaders Combat Ageism in Retreat Day

By Guest Blogger  •  January 12, 2018

DUBLIN, Ohio (January 11, 2017) – Central Ohio clergy and lay people participated in the first Wisdom Conversations event sponsored by United Church Homes’ Ruth Frost..

Just Breathe!

By Rev. Catherine Lawrence  •  January 11, 2018

Just breathe!

Resolutions, Spiritual Practices, New Beginnings

By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  January 04, 2018

A new year provides an opportunity for a renewed focus on spiritual practices. New Year resolutions have never attracted my attention. Maybe this is because when we make..