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Tag Archives: Richard Rohr
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 Old Age Style
Some time ago I ran across an article from 1972 on the style characteristic of elderly artists. The author, Kenneth Clark finds in their works several common features, which he identified as follows: “Now let me try to summarise the characteristics of the old-age style as they … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Spirit
Tagged aging, art, elderly, faith, God, older adults, Richard Rohr
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Grief and Spirituality After Midlife
In previous posts at Life Assays and Olderhood.com, I wrote about the cover story in the Atlantic that describes the “happiness U-curve,” the finding that happiness decreases in the decades of early adulthood, reaches a low in midlife, and increases … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, elderly, faith, God, midlife, older adults, Richard Rohr, seniors
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The Blessings of Old Age
Sister Joan Chittister has written recently about the blessings of aging. There are losses that occur with aging, but there are also gains. Our youth-oriented society focuses mostly on the losses; thankfully, writers like Sister Chittister and Bill Thomas remind … Continue reading
Posted in Psyche, Spirit
Tagged aging, blessings, elderly, Falling Upward, Joan Chittister, older adults, Richard Rohr, time, transcendence
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Deep Time
Do we experience time differently when we are elderly? We all sense time passing more quickly as we age, but in what other ways is time different? Richard Rohr, in his book Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of … Continue reading
Posted in Psyche, Spirit
Tagged aging, Christ, dementia, elderly, Falling Upward, older adults, parents, Richard Rohr
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Spirituality for Life’s Second Half
A book that I’ve been reflecting on since reading it a few months ago is Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life by Richard Rohr. We humans think about and experience spiritual realities differently as we mature, and Rohr offers a valuable perspective … Continue reading
Posted in Psyche, Resources, Spirit
Tagged aging, Carl Jung, Christianity, Falling Upward, older adults, Richard Rohr, spiritual growth, spiritual maturity
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Beyond Halfway 