I am an artist and have often walked across a landscape and gasped in amazement at the beauty and wonder of God’s creation displayed in the natural world. When I look at the way humans are designed, their abilities, their creative imagination and potential I also see the wonder of God at work. However if […]
Category: 50 Plus
In Biblical times there were no social security plans or retirement savings schemes, the same applies today in many countries of the world. This is why the Bible commands us to have special concern for widows, orphans and the weak and needy. (Ps 82:3-4) When I ‘retired’ from my last full time paid vocation as […]
Have you ever found yourself crying out ‘Lord I’m stuck in the desert, where are you? I feel so alone and you seem so far away.’ Or have there been times of pain and hurt when you feel so angry and confused, your prayers seem to go unanswered and there is no end in sight? […]
Over 50 doesn’t mean ‘over the hill’ or ‘over and out!’ If you are 50 today, you can statistically expect another 20 -25 productive years of active life in which to utilise your God given talents and leave a lasting legacy. My New Year’s challenge, is that you think in terms of not only success […]
I have a little confession to make. I like to be the one that thinks of the ideas, finds the way forward, makes the running does the work and takes the prize. Shocking? Surely not? I hope that I’m not the only bloke that still has a competitive instinct after my 52 years on earth […]
If you want to walk on water you’ve got to get out of the boat! – John Ortberg
Don’t we just love to stay within our comfort zones, hiding behind our busyness and (over) commitments. I know I’m as guilty as the next man.
In a recent survey conducted by SAGA, respondents put the age at which someone in the UK is deemed to be old at 59, whereas in most other European Countries it’s the mid-60s. This seems to contradict what we hear so often that the new 40 is 60 and the new 50 is 70 and […]
Billy Graham turned 93 in November 2011 and is still as passionate about telling people about Jesus Christ, his Saviour, as when he first started to preach at crusade style meetings in 1947.
How well do we listen to what God is saying to us, through His word, prayer or other people. So let us consider how we approach the Bible. Is it something we do prayerfully? By approaching the Bible prayerfully we are saying to ourselves and God that we are giving Him our attention and wish […]
Having spent nine years working for Age Concern I feel just a little qualified to know something about growing older – and according to Age Concern you are an older man when you reach the age of 50! Now before you start complaining, I did not say OLD – I said OLDER! Older is a […]
