a baby boomer's life journey
Grace is the experience of being delivered from experience. Martin Luther Martin Luther’s doctrinal affirmation of salvation by faith through God’s grace comprised the bedrock of Protestantism to this day. The above lesser known quote attributed to Martin Luther offers us food for thought about grace on a more personal day-to-day level. Why does experience—our …
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Smoking may kill you, but then it may not. People from mainland China will tell you that their former paramount leaders Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping lived to the ripe old age of 83 and 93 respectively. Not bad for a couple of chain smokers. There is no shortage of anecdotal evidence to support the …
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Dean Nizetic, Queen Mary University of London Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease. While researchers have identified a number of risk factors that are linked to dementia – including genetics, smoking, and high blood pressure – there is currently still no cure. Part …
Lifelong learning is a goal deemed worthy by many people. Learning and reading go hand in hand. Like our knees, our eyes are made keenly aware of the passage of time and the gradual loss of vitality, thus putting a damper on our desire to read and learn. As we age, it gets harder and …
‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’ Sometimes, one can become so set in a certain way that any change is resisted. Change is often uncomfortable because it entails unlearning and undoing something, and re-doing it in a novel and potentially more risky way. By resisting change, one avoids keeping abreast of the times, and …
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