Description: "A companion volume to Vessels of Love, spiritual reflections on aging"--
Brief description: Joyce Rupp is well known for her work as a writer, international retreat leader, and conference speaker. She is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Praying Our Goodbyes, Open the Door, and Fragments of Your Ancient Name. Her Orbis books include Prayer, Walk in a Relaxed Manner, The Cosmic Dance, and Vessels of Love: Prayers and Poems for the Later Years of Life.
Review Quotes:
"Pure, vintage Rupp. Topics covered include anxiety and uncertainty, the gifts of elderhood, physical decline, gratitude, identity, grief and healing, hope and purpose, spiritual transformation and serenity. . . . You don't have to be over 80 to treasure this book. I used to be 70 and would have benefited from it then, too." --Michael Leach in National Catholic Reporter "Joyce Rupp is one of my all-time favorite spiritual guides: she's a wonderful mix of wise, calm, and challenging. And her insights on aging have been of enormous help in my own life. They can help you in yours too--since we're all aging in one way or another. Let her new book help you to do it with grace, courage, humor--and joy! --James Martin, SJ, author, Learning to Pray
"What a kind, wise and generous gift Joyce Rupp offers us "Elderhood Explorers" in this treasury of insight for gleaning the grace and engaging the challenges of the final decades of our lives. In the full maturing of her own gift of soul-care for so many, she now accompanies and supports us with her "weathered wisdom" to brave our fields ready for harvest, to taste at last the fruit of a spirit ripened by transformation and readied for transition." --Kathleen Deignan, CND