Reboot Plan has Older Church Members Claiming Discrimination
You may have seen stories about leaders asking a group of older church members to worship elsewhere. The church says it didn't happen that way.
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Turning 50: Improving on the Orson Welles Approach
Once you reach a certain age, birthdays become the kind of thing you prefer not to discuss. For me, turning 50 is such an occasion.
Baby Boomers? Gen X? Here’s a List of Generation Names
The list of generations names just grew as 'Generation Z' was added to Dictionary.com. But that's not the only name for our youngest generation.
Thoughts on the 49th Birthday
Normally, Fridays are faith-related posts, but on my 49th birthday, I'm going to break with tradition for this particular week.
10 Great Quotes About Getting Older
As I contemplate another birthday in a few days — and one more step towards the big 5-0, I compiled this list of quotes about getting older.
Man Fights to Change Age on Birth Certificate
Should your birth certificate show your true age or how old you claim you feel? That’s the focus of a new court case.
Want Fewer Wrinkles? Stop Smiling! (Are They Kidding?)
They say laughter is the best medicine, but if you hope to have fewer wrinkles, you may need to plan on having a humorless life.
With Increasing Life Expectancy, How Old is Old Enough?
What kind of life expectancy could humans one day expect as medicine and technology continue to improve? Doctors think they know.
Is There an Age Limit for Usefulness in a Church?
I ran across a church's ad for leadership training with an interesting age limit. According to the Bible, Abraham lived to be 175 years old. A while back, I wrote about a friend of mine telling me that he had a hard time believing the story of Noah's Ark because...
Getting Older Sometimes Means Inconvenient Truths
It's funny how easy day-to-day life can make it easy to forget the fact that we're getting older. It's not so funny when a sudden reminder of the fact pops up in an unexpected place. I don't suppose anyone likes to have it pointed out for them how old they...
So What Do We Call Older Folks This Week?
There was a time when the word elderly applied to people over 65, no one got offended, and life went on pretty much as it should from there. Apparently, elderly is now out. Consider the case of a 71-year-old midwife who complained, claiming to be “taken aback” by a headline...
Old Guys
I just watched Sunday night’s edition of 60 Minutes once again. The whole hour, in case you missed it, was devoted to its creator, Don Hewitt, who died last week at 86. It’s hard to argue that Hewitt had a tremendous impact on television news and how it was delivered....
New Tricks
The other day, a few of us “older” folks in the newsroom, those who’ve been in the business for, say, 15 years or more, felt a tremor of shock when it was learned that some of our younger co-workers have never seen the movie Gone With the Wind. In the grand...
Reference Points
Each year, Beloit College releases its “Mindset List,” which applies common pop culture to rising college freshmen to give those of who are older a better perspective of the world view these students might have from what they have experienced (and haven’t experienced) in their short lifetime. Here are my...