Aging Spiritually: No Ageism at Pentecost
In the last days it will be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.
The Grammar of Love
“Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.”
1 John 3:18
Aging Spiritually: The Circle of Welcome
“I ask . . . that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us . . . so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one.”
John 17:20-23
My Brother, David
(Jesus) said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Aging Spiritually: Lament for Lost Innocents
John 14:25-27
25 “I have said these things to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.
A Prayer for 19 Children and 2 Teachers
The Lord is near to the broken-hearted, and saves the crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18 (NRSV)