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As Boomers age, care facilities make adjustments
Posted: 3/03/06
Aging Baby Boomers are evaluating care facilities and retirement communities—such as Buckner’s Parkway Place in Houston—both for their parents and themselves. (Photo by Mike McLean/Buckner Benevolences) As Boomers age, care
facilities make adjustmentsBy John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
Most Baby Boomers haven’t retired yet, but they already are changing retirement and aging-care services.
Boomers—born in the two decades after World War II—have started evaluating retirement and health care groups as they help care for their parents and are expecting more personalized care that enables them to be more independent when they retire, said Pearl Merritt, vice president/general manager of Buckner Retirement Services.
03/03/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Aging Boomers poised to redefine culture … again
Posted: 3/03/06
Participants in the Texas Baptist Christ Life Commission Hispanic Senior Summit work on some crafts projects. Ministry leaders say outreaches to seniors are becoming increasingly important as Baby Boomers turn 60. Aging Boomers poised to
redefine culture … againBy John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
In their teens and 20’s, they redefined pop culture. In their 30’s and 40’s, they challenged the traditional role of women. Now in their 50’s and 60’s, Baby Boomers are poised to change American culture once again.
The generation that once refused to trust anyone older than 30 begins turning 60 this year, bringing its penchant for inquiry, said Carole Barasch, spokeswoman for AARP of Texas. Like music, war, civil rights and the role of women before them, issues such as health care, spirituality and aging are sure to come under intellectual fire as Boomers search for a meaning to their lives.
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03/03/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Baptist Forum
Posted: 3/03/06
Texas Baptist Forum
Baptismal confession
I asked Jesus to be my Savior and Lord when I was 4 years old. The reason wasn’t only because I didn’t want to go to hell, but also knowing that I would be living my life without God really bothered me.
At the time, I knew I should be baptized, because God commands it and it’s also a way for me to show the people around me that I have become a Christian. I didn’t want to be baptized because I was afraid of how deep the water was. I wasn’t afraid of water, just of being held under too long.
Jump to online-only letters. Letters are welcomed. Send them to marvknox@baptiststandard.com; 250 words maximum.
“For people everywhere, the United States is a partner for a better life. Short-changing these efforts would increase the suffering and chaos of our world, undercut our long-term security and dull the conscience of our country. I urge members of Congress to serve the interests of America by showing the compassion of America.”George W. Bush
In his State of the Union address, urging congressional support for foreign aid“As long as I serve on the Supreme Court, I will keep in mind the trust that has been placed in me.”
Samuel Alito
U.S. Supreme Court justice, in a letter to author/activist James Dobson, read by Dobson on his radio program (New York Times)“I figure that if Jesus could die so that all of my wrongs could be forgiven, I can certainly extend that same grace to you."
Mandisa Hundley
American Idol contestant and worship leader at Christian women’s conferences, responding to judge Simon Cowell after he criticized her weight (RNS/BP)03/03/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Cybercolumn by John Duncan: Grace reigns
Posted: 3/03/06
CYBER COLUMN:
Grace reignsBy John Duncan
I’m sitting here under the old oak tree, remembering Don Knotts in his passing at 81 years of age and Mayberry RFD. I must tell you that I did not spend much of my childhood watching programs like the Andy Griffith Show and the nostalgic town Mayberry. Later in life, I learned to watch cable TV’s Nick at Night and see Don Knotts in his quirky role as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife. Laughter reigned.
John Duncan I find myself reflecting that we live in the dream of a Mayberry world that in actuality is an iPod world. I live in Granbury, Texas, a place where people once referred to our town very much like Mayberry. After all, we had a Dairy Queen, a drive-in-theater, a local radio station that aired high school sporting events, old roads where once in a while a tractor slowed traffic, and a lake where fishermen could fish on the grassy banks on a warm day. Mayberry reigned.
iPod has arrived now in the 21st century. Dairy Queen has been replaced by Chili’s. The drive-in theater is still open, but a newer theater with stadium seating airs the latest flicks. The local radio station has surrendered to the satellite radio in cars and on computers. Traffic is now slowed by sprawling roads and busy intersections and drive time takes longer than it used to, no matter the destination in our town. Fishing has even changed—high-powered boats and sophisticated technology that measures the depths of the lake and even tells you if fish school nearby. Just the other day, I saw young man jogging on the street with headphones in his ears and his iPod blasting the musical tunes of who knows, Lifehouse? Carrie Underwood singing Jesus Take the Wheel? Or maybe Coldplay? Or just maybe, Casting Crowns belting out Lifesong. iPod reigns.
03/03/2006 - By John Rutledge
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