Spiritual director and author Alice Fryling believes aging is an invitation from God to embrace our limitations and discover fruitfulness and transformation in unexpected places.
Show Notes
[2:13] What was it like for you to write this book?
[5:07] As you’ve been aging, what has been happening in your soul?
[7:56] It’s interesting that the idea of living within our limitations is seen as a negative and something to be fought. Is part of aging learning to live within the limitations that have now presented themselves?
[9:58] As you are talking about your limitations, you’re smiling. How have you gotten to that place where this is not something to be fought and hated, but embracing where you’re at?
[14:29] In the book you talk about productivity and fruitfulness. Can you share about those things?
[17:51] Do you have a word for folks who are really struggling with navigating aging?
[25:57] Why do we fight growing older?
[27:52] You wrote a book on the Enneagram. How is that helpful in aging?
Resources
- Aging Faithfully: The Holy Invitation of Growing Older, by Alice Fryling
- Mirror for the Soul: A Christian Guide to the Enneagram, by Alice Fryling
- Alice’s Website
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Alice Fryling
Alice Fryling is a spiritual director and author. She and her husband worked with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship for over fifty years. Alice has also been actively involved in church ministry and teaching workshops on the Enneagram and Myers Briggs Temperament Inventory. Her books on relationships, spiritual formation, and spiritual direction have sold over half a million copies and are published in over ten languages. She and her husband, Bob, are parents of two daughters and grandparents of two grandsons and two granddaughters. They live in Monument, Colorado. Learn more about Alice Fryling at her website.
Nathan Foster
Nathan Foster is an author and host of Life With God, a Renovaré Podcast. Formerly, he was an Associate Professor of social work and served as the Andrews Chair in Spiritual Formation at Spring Arbor University. He was also a licensed clinical social worker and certified addictions counselor. Nathan has published two books, including The Making of an Ordinary Saint: My Journey from Frustration to Joy with the Spiritual Disciplines.