
A Vision for the Aging Christian
Preparing for Longer Life and the Tasks of Caregiving
Cascade Books (Publisher)
Published on 31. October 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
228 pages
978-1-6667-4120-9 (ISBN)
Description
A Vision for the Aging Christian is an essential resource for Christian laypersons, clergy, and caregivers. Aging impacts all people, and this work serves as partner on the journey by providing extensive research, profound spiritual insight, and the gift of life experience. In a follow-up to A Vision for the Aging Church, Jim Houston and Michael Parker provide a countercultural guide to aging successfully in a world that often diminishes this gift. In doing so, Houston and Parker demonstrate what it means to cultivate purpose and resilience for Christians as they enter the second half of life. In featuring Parker's groundbreaking AgeReady program, this book offers a comprehensive tool that empowers elders and caregivers in planning for the challenges and joys of aging. Along the way, Houston and Parker share the intersections of their faith with caregiving, bearing witness to the ways in which the presence of God provides respite in the storms of life. Often avoided topics of dementia, caregiving tasks, and the unavoidable difficulties of longer life are addressed with care and compassion. This book encourages aging Christians to finish well and share the gift of blessing with the next generation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
380 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6667-4120-9 (9781666741209)
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James M. Houston | Michael Parker
A Vision for the Aging Christian
Preparing for Longer Life and the Tasks of Caregiving
E-Book
10/2024
Wipf and Stock Publishers
€27.49
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Persons
James M. Houston is founding principal and emeritus professor of spiritual theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is co-founder and a Senior Fellow of the C. S. Lewis Institute in Washington, DC. His teaching career began at Oxford, lecturing in the field of cultural and historical geography.
His areas of interest include the Christian classics, historical theology, and the traditions of Christian spirituality.
His areas of interest include the Christian classics, historical theology, and the traditions of Christian spirituality.