Recommended Reading
Mackenzie, Don, Falcon, Ted and Rahman, Jamal (2009). Getting to the Heart of Interfaith: The Eye-Opening, Hope-Filled Friendship of a Pastor, a Rabbi and a Sheikh: Woodstock Vt: SkyLight Paths Publishing.
Mary Baird Carlsen, (1996). Creative Aging: A Meaning Making Perspective. NY, NY: WW Norton & Co.
Arrien, Angeles (2005). The Second Half of Life: Opening the Eight Gates of Wisdom. Boulder, CO: Sounds True.
Berry, Wendell (2004). Hannah Coulter. Shoemaker & Hoard. [A novel about an old woman reflecting on her life.]
Bloomfield, Harold H, Mc Williams, Peter and Colgrave, Melba (1993). How to Survive the Loss of a Love. Prelude Press.
Bolen, Jean Shinoda (2001). Goddesses in Older Women: Archetypes in Women Over Fifty. N.Y.: Harper Collins Publishers.
Bresnahan, Rita (2003). Walking One Another Home: Moments of Grace and Possibility in the Midst of Alzheimer’s. Liguori, Missouri: Liguori Triumph.
Bridges, William (1980). Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes. NY: Addison Wesley.
Callanan, Maggie and Patricia Kelley (1992). Final Gifts: Understand the Special Awareness Needs and Communications of the Dying. N.Y.: Bantam Books.
Cohen, Gene (2001). The Creative Age: Awakening Potential In the Second Half of Life. Harper Paperbacks.
Cohen, Gene (2005). The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain. New York, NY: Basic Books.
Cramer, Kathryn D. (1995). Roads Home: Seven Pathways to Midlife Wisdom. N.Y.: William Morrow and Company.
Dancing Heart, Maria (2005). The Last Adventure of Life. Clinton, WA: Bridge to Dreams.
Freed, Rachael (2003). Women’s Lives, Women’s Legacies: Passing Your Beliefs & Blessings to Future Generations. Minneapolis, MN: Fairview Press.
Fischer, Kathleen (1995). Autumn Gospel: Women in the Second Half of Life. Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist Press.
Fischer, Kathleen (1998). Winter Grace: Spirituality of Aging. Nashville, TN: Upper Room Books.
Gibson, John & Pigott, Judy (2007) Personal Safety Nets, Getting Ready for Life’s Inevitable Changes and Challenges. Classic Day Publishing.
Gillick, Muriel R. (2000). Lifelines: Living Longer, Growing Frail, Taking Heart. N.Y.: Norton Press.
Groves, Richard F. and Henriette Anne Klauser (2005). The American Book of Dying: Lessons in Healing Spiritual Pain. Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts.
Harris, Maria (1995). Jubilee Time Celebrating Women, Spirit and the Advent of Age. N Y: Bantam Books.
Himes, Christine, Oettinger, Elizabeth, & Kenny, Dennis. Aging in Stride.
Hollis, James (2005). Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up. N.Y.: Gotham Books.
Leder, Drew (1997). Spiritual Passages: Embracing Life’s Sacred Journey. N.Y:Putnam
Leider, Richard J. and David A. Shapiro (2004). Claiming Your Place at the Fire: Living the Second Half of Your Life on Purpose. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Leider, Richard J. and David A. Shapiro (2002). Repacking your Bags -Lighten Your Load for the Rest of your Life. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Lustbader, Wendy (1991) Counting on Kindness: the Dilemmas of Dependency. NY Free Press.
Miller, James E. (1995). Autumn Wisdom: Finding Meaning in Life’s Later Years. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Press.
Miller, James E. (1995). Winter Grief, Summer Grace: Returning to Life After a Loved One Dies. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Press.
O’Donohue, John (1997). Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom. New York, NY: Harper Collins.
Palmer, Parker (2004). A Hidden Wholeness- The Journey Toward An Undivided Life. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass.
Richards, Marty (2008). Caresharing: A Reciprocal Approach to Caregiving and Care Receiving in the Complexities of Aging, Illness or Disability. Woodstock, VT: Skylight Paths Publishing
Pipher, Mary (1999). Another Country. N.Y.: Riverhead Books.
Rohr, Richard (2005). From Wild Man to Wise Man: Reflections on Male Spirituality. Cincinnati, OH: St. Anthony Messenger Press.
Rupp, Joyce (1988). Praying Our Goodbyes: Understanding the Spirituality of Change in Our Lives. N.Y. Ivy Books.
Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman and Ronald Miller (1995). From Age-ing to Sage-ing, N.Y: Warner Books.
Sheehy, Gail (1996). New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time. N.Y: Ballantine.
Snowdon, David (2001). Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives. N.Y.: Bantam Books.
Srode, Molly, Creating A Spiritual Retirement: A Guide to the Unseen Possibilities in Our Lives. Woodstock, VT: Skylight Paths Publishing.
Thibault, Jane Marie (1993), A Deepening Love Affair The Gift of God in Later Life. Nashville: Upper Room Books.
Thomas, William H (2004). What are Old People For: How Elders will Save the World. N.Y: Verner, Wyck and Burnham.
Tornstam, Lars (2005). Gerotranscendence: A Developmental Theory of Positive Aging. New York, NY: Spring Publishing, Inc.
Vaillant, George E. (2002). Aging Well. Boston, MA.: Little Brown.
Witrogen McLeod, Beth (1999). Caregiving- The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal. N.Y: John Wiley and Sons.