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Audio for 2011 Conference Now Available!

kristen.daleymosier — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:00:56 +0000

It’s Here! It’s Here! Remember that amazing thing that was said during that one session? Or, how about that joke at the beginning of.. was it lunch? maybe dinner. Feel like you might be missing something? Not any longer! Hear the great teachings and insights from The CASA Network International Leadership Conference 2011 all over [...]

The Mid-Fifties Metamorphosis

kristen.daleymosier — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:14:30 +0000

Milestone Reflections Don Parrott The 55-year mark is not a rigid milestone, but it does represent a very significant threshold in the life of a Boomer. Somewhere in the mid-fifties we metamorphose into a new stage of life…one in which we don’t need to prove ourselves anymore, and one in which we begin to [...]

Raising Children

kristen.daleymosier — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:13:09 +0000

Small Bites … Adventures in Downsizing Jan Kinzel Raising children and downsizing. Can you guess what these two have in common? Well, neither comes with an instruction manual! It’s pretty much on-the-job training. While shopping for some fancy built-in cabinetry, I met a young craftsman named Anthony. With an artful eye for detail, he will [...]

The Spiritual Journey of Aging

kristen.daleymosier — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:08:34 +0000

What Do We Mean by Spirituality? Nancy Gordon What do we mean by spirituality? Spirituality can include religious faith and practices, but can also be experienced and understood in non-religious ways as well. A definition that I like is: Spirituality is the aspect of humanity that refers to the way individuals seek and express [...]

Influencing the Generations

kristen.daleymosier — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:00:03 +0000

What’s Your Total Memory Span? In the book, The Fourth Turning, an insightful generational study by William Strauss and Neil Howe, the authors suggest that we each communicate through our lives across a vast reach of time. So, I followed their suggestion to recall the oldest person who had influenced my life. It was [...]

America’s Neglected First Line of Defense

kristen.daleymosier — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:37:03 +0000

Sometimes it takes a flood to drive a point home. Wes Wick My heart has no desire to stay, where doubts arise and fears dismay. Though some may dwell where these abound, my prayer, my aim, is higher ground. Lord, lift me up and let me stand, by faith on Heaven’s table land. A higher [...]

Conference Gleanings

kristen.daleymosier — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:44:03 +0000

ILC—Anaheim 2011 CONFERENCE GLEANINGS Pat Korieth, Gateway Church of the Nazarene, Murrieta, CA They will bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh… (Psalm 92:14) The J.O.Y. Council of our church sent me, together with Roger and Marlene Bowman and Lisa Watamura, to The CASA Network International Leadership Conference in Orange County last November. I want [...]

Ways We Don’t Want to be Remembered

kristen.daleymosier — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:57:23 +0000

Index Card Insights Missy Buchanan I often have the opportunity to lead older adult retreats around the country. During the events of the day, I like to mix in activities that cause older adults to honestly reflect on their lives. Sometimes I give each senior adult a large index card and ask them to [...]

Feeling Like a Senior?

kristen.daleymosier — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:34:07 +0000

On Being Taken for a Ride A lawyer and a senior citizen are sitting next to each other on a long flight. The lawyer is thinking that seniors are so dumb that he could get one over on them easily. So, the lawyer asks if the senior would like to play a fun game. The senior is [...]

Update on Changes with gocasa.org

kristen.daleymosier — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:04:15 +0000

We’re working on updates to the website, and hope to have some key changes up and running soon: You no longer need a login/password to access the Resource Center. The store site is getting updated with content, notably the audio downloads from the 2011 Leadership Conference. We are making it easier to donate to The [...]