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Money was tight in 1970. Should Mom get a job? Should we consider not tithing for a while? Dad called a family conference.
After reading Malachi 3, we decided not to give as much as before-we should give more. We had been robbing God by not giving tithes and offerings to Him.
Prayerfully, we determined to: continue giving 10 percent of our gross income as the tithe; begin giv
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By Walter Wood, Jr. I was amazed at the status that dogs seem to enjoy in Europe. First, there were lots of them in the parks, on the streets, in the homes, on the subways, and, of course, all with masters in tow. Many were well-dressed in the latest fashions in collars as well as outerwear. Most had high-tech leashes, that stretched beyond normal leash limits to allow the dogs greater freedom of movement. I was impressed with the dog food sections in the stores-much larger proportion
by Charles
From the pulpit, I scanned the faces of several hundred people who had come to worship. At least that is what I hoped. Several things struck me as I looked over the congregation. One of the most obvious was the diversity of ages.
Three distinct age groups were there; the traditionalists (over 55), the baby boomers (26-45) and the baby busters (under 25). There were couples, fami
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By Charles W. Anderson. It was during the early 1920s and she worked in the office of the Sunday School Times. One Monday morning a young doctor, William H. Chisholm, M.D., came into the office to meet with the editor. He noticed Bertha and realized she was the same woman he had seen the previous evening at a Presbyterian church in Philadelphia. He had been introduced to her that night-she was a strikingly beautiful young woman-and now here she was again! Four weeks later they were married and on their way to Korea where they served for many years as mis
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By Howard Eyrich. A necessary component in understanding aging is the demythologization of our cultural folklore about “old people.” Demythologization is a fancy way of saying that is important to investigate current assumptions about aging in our society and compare them with the facts. Furthermore, it means that our individual and collective behavior must be adjusted to the facts.
Myth One: Elderly people are non-productive.
A common belief is that the elderly neither desire to or are they capable of being productive contributors to society. This myth no doubt has several roots. At least two of these roots society has planted and then harvested the results and created this myth.
Society arbitrarily established an age for retirement when the population was bulging with young people putting upward pressure on the job market. The extension of longevity for the masses was not yet perceived as problems. Retirees began to be viewed as people past this “magic age” of productiveness. Many became non-pro
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By Matsu Crawford. There’s so much being written and said about us senior citizens, one might begin to think that there is something new in growing. There isn’t. The process of growing old has been going on since the first living thing appeared on Planet Earth. We should look upon it as a natural, inevitable process. We old ones should experience it as playing the last scene in The Pilgrimage Called Life.
The media use us to take up the slack. They must have something to talk about and we are always there. For politicians, we serve as a political football, especially near election time. Doctors look upon us as a decided plus, which we surely are for them. All that modern medicine knows is used to keep us ticking.
Within our own ranks in the American Association of Retired Persons, there are some who wish to consider us as a tremendous union (without labor) able to throw our combined weight about. Those who try to force us into that mold, soon learn that it takes one of strong will and native spunk to reach seventy-five. We think for ourselves and vote accordingly.
Cicero once wrote: “When I consider in my mind, I find four causes why old age is thought to be miserable: the first, it calls us away from transac