You’re aging. So is everyone you love … a little bit more each day. Even though we all want a long life … our culture doesn’t have a positive view of aging. We are told to fight it, hide it, or fear it.
In this episode, Haley and Dustin talk with Bible teacher and author Jen Wilkin about her new book, Dust to Dust: Aging Wisely in an Anti-Aging World. Jen shares how an early cancer diagnosis and later caring for her mother shaped the way she thinks about mortality, dependence, and growing older.
They discuss why our culture treats aging as something to conceal, what Scripture says instead, and how the shape of a human life moves from receiving care to giving it — and often back again. Jen also challenges the church to value older generations and prepare wisely for the years ahead.
It’s an honest, challenging, and often humorous conversation on aging with wisdom instead of fear.
Subscribe to the podcast and tune in each week as Haley and Dustin share with you what the Bible says about real-life issues with compassion, warmth, and wit.
So you have every reason for hope, for every challenge in life. Because hope means
everything.
Hope Talks is a podcast of the ministry of Hope for the Heart.
Listen in
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Resources from Jen Wilkin
Learn more about Jen, her ministry, and resources: https://www.jenwilkin.net/
Get Jen’s book, Dust to Dust: https://tinyurl.com/4e23f72s
Hope for the Heart resources
Join us this fall at the Hope Together Conference! Learn more and sign up here: https://hopetogether.com/
Connect with Hope Talks on social!
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Learn more about the ministry and resources of Hope for the Heart: https://www.hopefortheheart.org/
Learn more about Hope Talks and catch up on past episodes: https://www.hopefortheheart.org/hopetalks/
Want to talk with June Hunt on Hope in the Night about a difficult life issue? Schedule a time here: https://resource.hopefortheheart.org/talk-with-june-hope-in-the-night
God’s plan for you: https://www.hopefortheheart.org/gods-plan-for-you
Give to the ministry of Hope for the Heart: https://hopefortheheart.donorsupport.co/page/hope-talks
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Bible verses mentioned in this episode
Genesis 3:4 — "'You will not certainly die,' the serpent said to the woman."
Psalm 139:14 — "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well."
Isaiah 40:8 — "The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever."
Isaiah 46:4 — "Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you."
Description:
You’re aging. So is everyone you love … a little bit more each day. Even though we all want a long life … our culture doesn’t have a positive view of aging. We are told to fight it, hide it, or fear it.
In this episode, Haley and Dustin talk with Bible teacher and author Jen Wilkin about her new book, Dust to Dust: Aging Wisely in an Anti-Aging World. Jen shares how an early cancer diagnosis and later caring for her mother shaped the way she thinks about mortality, dependence, and growing older.
They discuss why our culture treats aging as something to conceal, what Scripture says instead, and how the shape of a human life moves from receiving care to giving it — and often back again. Jen also challenges the church to value older generations and prepare wisely for the years ahead.
It’s an honest, challenging, and often humorous conversation on aging with wisdom instead of fear.
Subscribe to the podcast and tune in each week as Haley and Dustin share with you what the Bible says about real-life issues with compassion, warmth, and wit.
So you have every reason for hope, for every challenge in life. Because hope means
everything.
Hope Talks is a podcast of the ministry of Hope for the Heart.
Listen in
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Resources from Jen Wilkin
Learn more about Jen, her ministry, and resources: https://www.jenwilkin.net/
Get Jen’s book, Dust to Dust: https://tinyurl.com/4e23f72s
Hope for the Heart resources
Join us this fall at the Hope Together Conference! Learn more and sign up here: https://hopetogether.com/
Connect with Hope Talks on social!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61594309116647
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopetalkspod/
Learn more about the ministry and resources of Hope for the Heart: https://www.hopefortheheart.org/
Learn more about Hope Talks and catch up on past episodes: https://www.hopefortheheart.org/hopetalks/
Want to talk with June Hunt on Hope in the Night about a difficult life issue? Schedule a time here: https://resource.hopefortheheart.org/talk-with-june-hope-in-the-night
God’s plan for you: https://www.hopefortheheart.org/gods-plan-for-you
Give to the ministry of Hope for the Heart: https://hopefortheheart.donorsupport.co/page/hope-talks
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Bible verses mentioned in this episode
Genesis 3:4 — "'You will not certainly die,' the serpent said to the woman."
Psalm 139:14 — "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well."
Isaiah 40:8 — "The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever."
Isaiah 46:4 — "Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you."