Finishing Well

Finishing Well

By: Toni Schaefer People who are experiencing the advent of their own mortality, or that of a loved one, go through a profound experience, a solitary, yet communal one. It is the communal aspect we can affect — all the while realising that this is someone else’s...
The Present of the Church

The Present of the Church

By: Charles B. Hardwick “We need more children in the pews. After all, children and youth are the future of the church.” If church staffs had a dime for every time they heard a sentiment like this, the Christian education budgets would grow in churches around North...
The Gracious Gift of Retirement

The Gracious Gift of Retirement

By: George Brown Jr. My wife Willa retired at age 63 and now, seven years later, I have retired at age 70. Our experience reflects something of the diversity in expectations for retirement of those engaged in religious vocations. Some years ago at a pre-retirement...