Welcome

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Welcome to my new blog about aging! 

Join me in musing about my experiences of aging, which hopefully will connect with your experiences.

Here, we will share about incarnational aspects (what it means, physically) and the spiritual perspectives, so that we "keep our mind on heavenly things, not on human things." (Col. 3:1-4).

The Episcopal Book of Common Prayer offers this prayer in the Morning Prayer office, "A Collect for Guidance: Heavenly Father, in you we live and move and have our being: We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we may not forget you, but may remember that we are ever walking in your sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." (BCP, 100)

A few years ago, I heard about a colleague who taught a class called, "The Spirituality of Aging." It was one of her own design, a number of sessions, exploring what it means to age.  Then later, I read the book Being Mortal by Atul Gawande.  The New York times review calls this book, "...a personal meditation on how we can better live with age-related frailty, serious illness and approaching death."

I believe this is rich territory that may inform how we live our lives fully and with our whole selves.  Accepting the things we cannot change and gaining courage to change the things we can.  Perhaps we might find the wisdom to know the difference in our own human way.

As we show up to aging with grace and courage.

Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known,and from you no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP 355)