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The Courage to Grow Old

Barbara Cawthorne Crafton
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  • ISBN: 0819229105, 9780819229106
  • Page count: 128
  • Published: 2014
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Morehouse Publishing

A best-selling Morehouse author for decades Barbara Crafton addresses one of today's most pressing topics, growing old.

Here is Barbara Crafton is at her best-funny, warm, direct, honest, and vulnerable-on aging. "I think growing older is both funny and sad, but mostly it just makes me grateful to be alive and able to reflect. I have been an Episcopal priest for 33 years and have had extensive experience in ministering with the elderly. Now, I am growing old myself. I hate it when people are ashamed of being old. We should be proud!" she proclaims. Join her in this celebration of life!

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About the Author

Barbara Cawthorne Crafton

Barbara Cawthorne Crafton is a popular preacher, retreat leader, and writer who teaches at Marble Collegiate Church and at the General Theological Seminary in New York City. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, Reader's Digest, Episcopal Life, and many other publications. She is the author of many books, including Called, The Courage to Grow Old, The AlsoLife, Jesus Wept: When Faith and Depression Meet, Mass in Time of War, The Sewing Room, Living Lent, and many others.

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