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Old People Aren’t Doomed to Misery

July 14, 2026 · 1 min read

Every week, our church prays for old people. Our elderly parishioners beg relief from their back and knee pains. They ask God to heal friends suffering from dementia and heart disease. They plead for their parents, now in their 90s and breaking their hips, their landlines riddled with robocalls. The younger worshipers among us have prayer Read more...

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