Affirmative Aging: A Resource for Ministry |
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Page 86
... elderly , but they can be applied to many younger people , too . They certainly cannot be applied to all the elderly . Every day millions are proving these myths false by continuing to function productively right on to the end . The ...
... elderly , but they can be applied to many younger people , too . They certainly cannot be applied to all the elderly . Every day millions are proving these myths false by continuing to function productively right on to the end . The ...
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... elderly population in the community in which they are located . The church should give priority to developing housing for the low- and moderate - income elderly before considering facili- ties exclusively for the wealthy . In the future ...
... elderly population in the community in which they are located . The church should give priority to developing housing for the low- and moderate - income elderly before considering facili- ties exclusively for the wealthy . In the future ...
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... elderly persons is their calling toward uni- versal concerns . The tendency of our culture is to confine the elderly to private pursuits at the periphery of societal life . As the older person is pushed out of the centers of action and ...
... elderly persons is their calling toward uni- versal concerns . The tendency of our culture is to confine the elderly to private pursuits at the periphery of societal life . As the older person is pushed out of the centers of action and ...
Contents
Toward an Ethic for the Third | 12 |
Meditation and Prayer | 46 |
The Gift of Wisdom | 63 |
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