Aging – Walking Together in Faith

WHEN I WAS 21

When I was 21, it was a very good year…But now the days are short, I’m in the autumn of my yearsAnd now I think of my life as vintage wineFrom fine old kegsFrom the brim to the dregsIt poured sweet and clearIt was a very good year[songwriter: ervin drake][sung by frank sinatra] October 31,ContinueContinue reading “WHEN I WAS 21”

EIGHT DECADES ON LIFE’S HIGHWAY

The span of our life is seventy years,Perhaps in strength even eighty;yet the sum of them is but labor and sorrow,for they pass away quickly and we are gone.Psalm 90:10 On October 31, 2024, I celebrate my 80th birthday. This year will be somewhat unique in that I will be recovering from hip replacement surgeryContinueContinue reading “EIGHT DECADES ON LIFE’S HIGHWAY”

OUR TIMES ARE IN GOD’S HANDS

The span of our life is seventy years,perhaps in strength even eighty; yet the sum of them is but labor and sorrow, for they pass away quickly and we are gone.Psalm 90:10Book of Common Prayer, p. 718 If this post begins to sound familiar to some of my regular readers, it’s because I write on this topicContinueContinue reading “OUR TIMES ARE IN GOD’S HANDS”