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Life Changes

Divorce

Marriages formed today have about a 41 to 43 percent chance of ending in divorce.

Symptoms of Menopause

Know the symptoms which accompany menopause in midlife.

Diagnosing Menopause

Menopause is often diagnosed when a middle-aged woman displays classic symptoms of the condition and cessation of menses.

Treating Menopause

For most women, the benefits of hormone replacement therapy must be weighed with the risks.

Understanding Menopause

There are currently more than 32 million postmenopausal women in the United States. Menopause does not occur at a specific age, although most women go through menopause near midlife.

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Form a Strategy for Your Job Search

Looking for a job means having a strategy, and the earlier you define one the better. Here are a few tips.

Dealing With Job Loss

When You’ve Lost Your Job

After losing your job, you’ll face many challenges — and a unique window of opportunity that you normally would not have.

Job Loss: Questions and Answers

Find answers to commonly asked questions related to the loss of a job.

Being Your Best Between Jobs

While the job search continues, you can improve your situation by taking some additional actions at home.

Window of Opportunity

When you’re between jobs, take advantage of the time to rediscover your passion develop a renewed sense of purpose.

Fearlessly Facing the Unknown

Fearlessly Facing the Final Unknown

I can think of no greater pattern or encouragement for those in midlife. The abounding life continues. It started in heaven, came here for a while and ascends right on into a glorious future.

Abounding Midlife Living

Despite the dishonest “surround-sound” of our culture, we can walk into the afternoon of life with abounding grace, peace, love, rest and joy.

Not Ready for the Rocking Chair

Not Ready for the Rocking Chair: A Story

At age 54, Judy Pitt made her first trip to Africa to fulfill a dream to see the continent. Now she’s traveling there twice a year to help the people of Kenya.

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Grandma Camp

God loves our grandchildren and has a wonderful purpose for their lives. Here is one way we help them understand how valuable they are to us.

Breaking Free of Midlife Boundaries

Too often, we see the church or other Christian environments as the only place we can serve. We forget how much God loves the world.

Refusing the Patterns of Age

If we accept the natural beauty and appropriateness of all life seasons, we will discover that abounding life never diminishes. It burns bright even as we cross over from this life into the next.

Helping a Young Child Recover From Divorce

Part of the Divorce Series Divorce When Your Kids Divorce When Your Parents Divorce My Success as a Single Mom Helping a Young Child Recover From Divorce Series About: Relationship Challenges My husband and I separated, then divorced, almost 2 and a half years ago. Our son is now 4 years old, and he’s asking …

Society and Church: Disconnecting Older Persons

Instead of sweeping them away into the little room on the third floor for “Senior Saints” activities, maybe we could honor and celebrate them as true repositories of wisdom.

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Forgiveness in the Family

Forgiveness is not holding our nose, squeezing our eyes shut, uttering a prayer and then jumping into a new reality because we believe that is what the Bible commands.

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Absorbing the Initial Shock of Temporary Separation

You need to confront the what-ifs and how-tos before the separation to lessen the worry.