By Alexandra Davis2023-06-30T11:38:00
We think, talk and plan for all other important life stages – school, marriage, career – so why not our later life, asks Alexandra Davis?
Earlier this year, Pilgrims’ Friend Society conducted a study which found that more than half of UK adults between 40 and 60 think that later life is a time to be afraid of. But this doesn’t have to be the case.
If you’re scared about old age, perhaps it is because you haven’t properly understood what the Bible says about it, or how you can plan for it.
2023-06-08T11:06:00Z By Pippa Cramer
Pippa Cramer has always loved working with older people. But when she couldn’t find a way to share the gospel with them, she turned to their favourite hymns for help and inspiration
2023-03-24T15:17:00Z By Andrew Wileman
Heidi Thomas’ latest project asks important questions about how we care for and value older people. But jokes about bedpans risk undermining the dignity the film seeks to bring to old age, warns Andrew Wileman
2023-03-21T09:55:00Z By Mike Beere
The Chancellor’s budget did not include the provision for social care that Mike Beere would have wished it to. But he’s still glad that Jeremy Hunt visited the older residents of his care home, shared his faith and listened to their needs. They have experience we can all learn from
2025-06-12T18:28:00Z By George Luke
After being accused of serious sexual misconduct and drug abuse, the former Newsboys singer Michael Tait has issued a full apology. George Luke hopes other Christian leaders caught in sin will take the same approach
2025-06-12T17:53:00Z By Miriam Cates
A new UN report says all but three countries in the world will have below replacement levels of reproduction by the end of the century. God’s command to ”increase in number” was never meant to be an optional extra, says Miriam Cates. It’s time that Christians took it seriously again
2025-06-12T17:41:00Z By Krish Kandiah
With so much tragedy and unrest dominating our news headlines, it can be tempting to turn away or become disheartened. But in a world where conflict drowns out compassion, we need peacemakers more than ever, says Dr Krish Kandiah
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