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A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to Old Age by Stanley C. Baldwin is an opportunity to relive and laugh about some of your own life experiences through the author. To embrace the grace of life with Christ, these messages will give you a chance to reflect on how life changes related to your Christian life. To purchase this book: www.intervarsity.org

Help, Lord! I’m Having a Senior Moment by Karen O’Connor offers encouragement, comfort, sympathy and humor to situations that befall everyone in the aging process. It gives honor to seniors and others who experience those moments of forgetfulness. Regal Books from Gospel Light, Ventura, CA www.gospellightworldwide.org

How to Say It to Seniors – Closing the Communication Gap with Our Elders by David Solie is a practical guide to help bridge the generation gap between everyone and senior adults. Solie offers help in removing the typical communication blocks by instructing how to gain trust and cooperation and understanding their need for legacy. Published by Prentice Hall Press New York, NY www.penguin.com

Cherish the Days, Inspiration and Insight for Long-Distance Caregivers by Martha Evans Sparks applies God’s grace to the daunting chore of providing care for loved ones who live either across town or across the country. This book provides both biblical inspiration and practical advice on the pressing concerns of long-distance caregivers, including:

• Managing the stress of long-distance care
• Coping with manipulative family members
• Selecting a nursing home
• Dealing with care receivers who are unsafe drivers.

Martha Evans Sparks has been called the voice of the caregiver because of her experience, compassion and understanding of the issues.

Looking Forward to the Rest of Your Life? By Lorry Lutz, deals with finding purpose and fulfillment in the years of midlife and beyond. She explores reviving your dreams and how to discover new talents and opportunities that are there for the taking. Don’t waste what could be the best years of your life!

The New Senior – Preparing Your Church for the Age Wave by Charles Arn & Win Arn is a collection of insightful essays on:

• The State of Mature Adult Ministry in America
• Emerging Trends in the Age Wave
• Ageism:  Is It Real in Your Church?
• Why Aren’t More Seniors Being Evangelized ?
• A New Paradigm for Ministry:  Middle Adults
• How Small Groups Can Strengthen Your Older Adult Ministry
• Bye Bye Rocking Chair

These essays will be helpful to anyone who is seeking to minister effectively in the “age wave” with a fresh new approach.  Published by the Institute for American Church Growth in Monrovia, CA  1-800.844.9286

The Power of Presence – Helping People Help People by Doug Manning is a book/workbook to help us all learn to listen to what people say.  Through listening we can better help them and they can help others.  Manning writes in a warm conversational style sharing insights from his life experiences.  Sitting down to read a book from Doug is like having a long conversation with a good friend.

To purchase this book call 1-800-658-9262 or go to www.insightbooks.com

Three booklets also by Doug Manning are part of several writings called “The Gifts You Bring”, are:  Your Gift of Peace and Your Gift of Participation and Your Gift of Presence.

All of Mannings books can be purchased by contacting In-Sight Books, Inc. P.O. Box 42467, Oklahoma City, OK  73123 – 800.658.9262 or 405.810.9501 – www.insightbooks.com

The following  3 books are offered by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Joyfully Sharing the Good News by Rev. Dr. S. Miriam Dunson is a publication of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) that provides Worship Materials and resources for planning Older Adult programming in congregations and communities.

Older Adult Ministry – A Guide for the Presbytery Committee is a resource designed to assist the presbytery committee in finding ways to address ministry with, by and for older members of congregations.  Learning translate concern into action by starting or enhancing intentional ministry with older adults.

Older Adult Ministry – A Guide for the Session and Congregation focuses on the congregation and offers suggestions for beginning an Older Adult Ministry Committee, educating the committee, then educating the congregation.  It provides guidelines and ideas that can help develop a ministry tailored to fit the needs and issues of older adults.

These books can be purchased by contacting:  Christian Education and leader Development Congregational Ministries Division Presbyterian Church, 100 Witherspoon St., Louisville, KY  40202-1396 or www.pcusa.org/olderadults. 

The 12 Keys to Spiritual Vitality, Powerful Lessons on Living Agelessly by Richard P. Johnson is excellent regarding aging. As the former professor of Gerontological Counseling at St. Louis University he presents again as part of God’s eternal plan for human happiness. According to Johnson, God uses the aging process to help us find the true meaning to life and our relationship with family, others and God. This book is available from Liguori Publishers in Liguori, MO.

The Art of Growing Old
by Carroll Saussy is a book for adults interested in getting the most out of the last decades of life. Saussy provides practical suggestions, thought provoking questions and activities designed to help one grow through the aging process. It is ideal for an individual or small group study. Augsburg, Minneapolis

Life’s Best Chapter, Retirement,
by Johnnie C. Godwin is an excellent book for the person who wants the most out of his or her retirement years. New Hope Publishers, Birmingham, AL.

Add Life to Your years, Aging with Passion and Purpose by Ted W. Engstrom profiles 43 men and women who have renewed their passion for living through discovering their mission and purpose during their elder years. This book may encourage the reader to uncover their God-given mission and purpose in this vital season of life. Tyndale House, 2002.

Give Us This Day
by Martha Evans Sparks

Daily Hope for Caregivers by Martha Evans sparks is an instructional, devotional, inspirational collection of words of wisdom from experience. She expresses her daily feelings as a caregiver as well as the prayers of the care recipient to give readers the whole picture, enabling them to remain faithful, hopeful and strong during a difficult time. This book is highly recommended to all caregivers and those needing the care because not only can it bring peace and comfort to each individual, but it could also be used as a way to open the doors of honest communication between the two. Published by Wesleyan Publishing House of Indianapolis, IN, you may purchase this book by calling 800.493.7539. For more information visit www.wesleyan.org/wph.

You Only Die Once
by Margie Jenkins

Written to help you prepare for the end of life with grace and gusto. Whether planning for yourself or a loved one wrestling with the inevitable this book will help with updating andorganizing your vital papers for easy access, planning to pass on your cherished memories and possessions, anticipating your long-term care options, design a memorial service that honors your beliefs and wishes, and live your final days to the fullest, without anxiety or guild. Integrity Publishers 2002. For more information visit www.margiejenkins.com.

Age Power, How 21st Century will be Ruled by the New Old
By Ken Dychtwald, PH.D.
published by Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin Putnam, Inc. in New York, New York

Tells how aging of the baby-boomers will forever reshape our homes and families and businesses and what we need to do to be ready. The author also wrote the best seller, Age Wave and Bodymind and is widely viewed as the nation's foremost authority on the aging af America.

Prime of Your Life
by Woodrow Kroll & Don Hawkins
published by Revell of Baker Book House Co in Grand Rapids, MI.

A guide for dealing with physical and emotional changes. It deals with caring for adult children, aging parents and oneself, financial planning, maintaining friendships and viewing this transition as a Christian.

Seeing Beyond the Wrinkles
by Charles Tindell
published by Studio 4 Productions, Northridge, CA.

A collection of brief stories that capture the love, faith, and caring of the ageless human spirit. Tindell retells the stories of countless senior adults from their nursing home as they relate to him their courage, humor and faith.

What Will I Do with the Rest of My Life?
by Brenda Poinsett
published by NavPress in Colorado Springs, CO.

A guide especially for women, to guide their lives in ways of peace, power and purpose after 40. It speaks of the life-changing transitions that women face at this time of life and gives insight to women and their families to help use these years for good.

"Mature Living" (periodical)
A magazine for Christian Senior Adults published monthly by LifeWay Press, a division of LifeWay Christian Resources of the southern Baptist Convention. It is full of articles and stories that will give insight into how others positively view life after 50.
To subscribe contact LifeWay at 127 Ninth Ave. N., Nashville, TN 37234-0113.

"LifeWise" (periodical)
LifeWise a periodical published by Focus on the Family was discontinued in September of 2003. However, many worthy articles are still available at:
http://www.family.org/focusoverfifty/lifewise/

"Fifty-Plus Contact" (periodical)
Published quarterly by the Ministries division of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada to provide resources, service, encouragement and strategic leadership for adults over fifty. To subscribe, call 905-542-7400.

As Our Years Increase
by Tim Stafford
Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI

This book helps to remind us that our aging population should be and can be viewed in a positive, honorable and hopeful attitude. Caring for another's needs can strengthen family unity and deepen family commitment. As in Biblical times, learn to treat old age as a blessing, a gift from God.

Half Time
by Bob Buford
Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI

Believing that the second half of your life can be better than the first is what inspired Bob Buford to write this book. He gives insights and guidance to help you determine what and how you want to do with this time in your life by evaluating your gifts, talents and desires.

When Love Gets Tough—the Nursing Home Decision
by Doug Manning
In-Sight Books, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK

The author's desires in writing this book are to help people with a very difficult decision. He presents healing insights in a warm, conversational style.

Seasons of the Spirit
by Ward Tanneberg and Stephen Taylor

Ahighly recommmended as an easy-to-read story/allegory helping to answer the question: "What am I going to do with the rest of my life?"

This is a book you will not want to put down. Published by Lion Publishing House.

Celebrate Life After 50
by Roger Palms
Victor Books, Wheaton, IL

Roger Palms introduces you to a world of opportunities and some believers who are already celebrating their best years by serving God and others. He relates how Christians with wisdom, spiritual maturity and proven character can serve through compassion and enthusiam.

Elder Care & Grief
The following booklets are easy to read and will answer many questions related to elder care and grief. All are written by Doug Manning and published by:

In-Sight Books, Inc.
PO Box 42467
Oklahoma City, OK 732123
800-658-9262

• Visiting in a Nursing Home
  
  
• Searching for Normal Feelings
  
  
• Parenting Our Parents
  
  
• When Love Gets Tough—The Nursing Home Solution
  
  
• The Gift of Significance—Walking People Through a Loss