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Category Archives: Psyche
Forgetting and Identity
I recently re-read Falling Upward, Richard Rohr’s book describing the differences between spirituality in the first and second half of life. Some of the things that I hadn’t paid much attention to when I first read the book six years … Continue reading
The Changed Lines of Generational Power
I have been reading Being Mortal by Atul Gawande, who is a surgeon, a staff writer for the New Yorker, and a Harvard Professor. He’s a busy guy! His book explores how medical advances have changed aging and death, not … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Psyche, Relationships
Tagged adulthood, aging, Atul Gawande, elderly parents, older adults, seniors
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Living in an Age of Accumulation
George Carlin may be right about a house being a place to keep our stuff, but, nowadays, we’re less inclined to leave home in order to get more stuff. That’s because more stuff regularly appears magically on our doorsteps while … Continue reading
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Tagged consumerism, decluttering, faith, materialsim, older adults, simplification
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The Seven Deadly Sins for Seniors: Lust
I’ve been writing about the seven deadly sins, using as my basis the book Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and their Remedies by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung. I’m especially interested in how these harmful habits manifest … Continue reading
Posted in Psyche, Spirit
Tagged aging, capital vices, faith, lust, older adults, pornography, Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
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The Seven Deadly Sins for Seniors: Anger
I’ve been posting on the “capital vices,” which in the Christian tradition were seen as source vices from which a multitude of other vices spring. My reflections have been prompted by the book Glittering Vices: A New Look at the … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, capital vices, Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, resentment, Ronald Rolheiser, seven deadly sins
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The Seven Deadly Sins for Seniors: Greed
This is part of a series on the seven deadly sins as they apply to older adults. I’ve been reflecting on the topic after reading the book Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies by the … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, avarice, capital vices, greed, hoarding, older adults, Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, seven deadly sins
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The Seven Deadly Sins for Seniors: Vainglory
As I wrote in my previous post, the Men’s Group at my church has been reading and discussing the book Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies by the philosopher Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung. The … Continue reading
Posted in Psyche, Spirit
Tagged aging, Christianity, older adults, Thomas Aquinas, vice, virtue
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The Seven Deadly Sins for Seniors: Envy
The Men’s Group at my church has been reading and discussing the book Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies” by the philosopher Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung. DeYoung believes that. by studying the “capital vices” … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, character, elderly, faith, Konyndyk DeYoung, vice, wisdom
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Time’s Eunuch
What does it mean to be “time’s eunuch”? That phrase is found in a sonnet written by Gerard Manley Hopkins in March, 1889, just a few months before he died. The sonnet, which can be found here, was proceeded by … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, faith, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Jeremiah 12:1, life review, poetry, self-evaluation
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An Art Show and an Old Friend’s Vocation
I recently went to an exhibit of paintings by Franklin D. Speyers, one of my college roommates. Frank currently has a show entitled “West of the Imagination” at the Center Art Gallery of Calvin College, the school where we both … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Psyche, Spirit
Tagged aging, art, Charles Taylor, faith, Franklin D. Speyers, transcendence, Western art
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