by Kathy Hurt | Sep 12, 2023 | Reflections |
A member of my congregation once argued that the key element in aging well was learning to be dependent. I felt terrified by such an idea—because it rang true for me. We spend the first half of our lives developing an increasing level of independence, from...
by Kathy Hurt | Sep 4, 2023 | Reflections |
I recently came way too close to a tornado, close enough to be in the swirl of debris a tornado accumulates along its path, close enough to narrowly miss having a tree dropped on my car. As is often the case when one skates near disaster, the tornado encounter has...
by Kathy Hurt | Aug 24, 2023 | Reflections |
As a minister, I believe that keeping promises is crucial and hold it as one of my highest values. Within a congregation, covenants—which are a series of promises the people in a congregation make to one another—serve to bind individuals together in a community. ...
by Kathy Hurt | Aug 14, 2023 | Reflections |
Two friends and I have been reading and discussing The Inner Work of Aging by Connie Zweig. We recently completed a chapter that invited the exercise of a life review, in which one considers all that one has done, a kind of summing up of the journey and reflection on...
by Kathy Hurt | Aug 9, 2023 | Reflections |
I thought by now my life would be different, or rather that I would be different. I took to heart that typical response of adults to children’s questions once complicated matters have moved into focus, how “you’ll understand when you get older.” I counted on reaching...
