This compelling invitation to grow old boldly - full of her own experiences and insights - includes Wanda's reflection on her encounter later in life with terminal cancer, and her thoughts on coping with the daily challenges of living a Christian life in her illness and in ageing. Demonstrating a profound sense of the value and purposefulness of 'old age', the author's indomitable spirit is matched only by her fresh vision of the love of God in Jesus Christ.
Contents
Come, let us age! An invitation to grow old boldly
1 The preliminary scene
2 What is old age for?
3 Would God like an empty space which only he can refill?
4 How on earth can we do this?
5 Some of the consequences of being old
6 Some conclusions about being very old
Come, let us play!
7 God laughing
8 The magnitude of God
9 Alongside the pain and the hurt
10 Feeling awful and playing
11 Jesus and optimism
12 Jesus and his needs
13 Being pierced, but still being welcoming
Extracts from Wanda Nash's journals
14 Being old and ill: where is God?
15 Awareness of God's presence in illnes
16 Using illness: ministry through illness
17 Coping with illness in order to use it
18 The best is yet to come
19 Finale
