Post by Daniel on Mar 28, 2018 7:53:40 GMT -5
The Church's Infatuation With Youth: We Need The Gray Heads
By Eric Metaxas/Breakpoint.org
March 28, 2018
We all know America is obsessed with youth. But what about the church, and what do we do about it?
The magazine Psychology Today calls it "America's Obsession with Never Growing Old." Dale Archer writes, "It's difficult to believe that our founding fathers powdered their wigs gray in order to appear older and wiser. That's right--being old was in. No more! From hair dyes to Botox to Viagra to wrinkle creams to a plethora of surgical procedures, the race is on to remain forever young."
The bias against growing old is not just cosmetic. According to the Wall Street Journal, complaints of age discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have increased in recent years.
Paul Irving, chairman of the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging, says, "Workers over 50 are burdened by an outdated definition of 'old.' Despite evidence to the contrary, they are unfairly judged to be costly, less productive and agile, and unable to learn." He adds that "older workers are rarely represented in corporate diversity and inclusion initiatives."
So in a culture where everything "new" is said to be "improved" and everything old is said to be obsolete, why should we value our nation's "seasoned citizens"?
For one thing, many older people have the wisdom, experience, and, yes, the energy, to still get the job done. Winston Churchill, profiled in the movie "The Darkest Hour," helped save the West after he turned 65. Olga Khazan of The Atlantic points out that Robert Frost and William Carlos Williams wrote over 40 percent of their best poems after turning 50.
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www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=2122
By Eric Metaxas/Breakpoint.org
March 28, 2018
We all know America is obsessed with youth. But what about the church, and what do we do about it?
The magazine Psychology Today calls it "America's Obsession with Never Growing Old." Dale Archer writes, "It's difficult to believe that our founding fathers powdered their wigs gray in order to appear older and wiser. That's right--being old was in. No more! From hair dyes to Botox to Viagra to wrinkle creams to a plethora of surgical procedures, the race is on to remain forever young."
The bias against growing old is not just cosmetic. According to the Wall Street Journal, complaints of age discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have increased in recent years.
Paul Irving, chairman of the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging, says, "Workers over 50 are burdened by an outdated definition of 'old.' Despite evidence to the contrary, they are unfairly judged to be costly, less productive and agile, and unable to learn." He adds that "older workers are rarely represented in corporate diversity and inclusion initiatives."
So in a culture where everything "new" is said to be "improved" and everything old is said to be obsolete, why should we value our nation's "seasoned citizens"?
For one thing, many older people have the wisdom, experience, and, yes, the energy, to still get the job done. Winston Churchill, profiled in the movie "The Darkest Hour," helped save the West after he turned 65. Olga Khazan of The Atlantic points out that Robert Frost and William Carlos Williams wrote over 40 percent of their best poems after turning 50.
more
www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=2122
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