Vessels of Love
December 2024—Reviewed by Kathy Coffey (Author of A Generous Lap: The Spirituality of Grandparenting)
(This book is) for those who wonder about aging: if they’ll become invisible or marginalized, “put on the shelf” with a condescending pat on the head. It’s especially appropriate for those who want to acknowledge the negatives that may come–illness, memory loss, loneliness—but also see the equally wonderful gifts of this time. For those in the thick of aging, she models how to light-heartedly laugh at our foibles and forgetfulness.
October 2024—Reviewed by Kenan Bresnan (Author of Who Do You Say That I Am)
Joyce Rupp’s volume Vessels of Love helps us know we are not alone. As I write at 77 years of age, it is good to know that I and my peer group are not just sitting around in front of the TV waiting to take the trip to the pearly gates. We are recognized as living a valid and necessary stage of life, a stage of life that has this book of prayers for us, the members of the “elderhood.” This book allows us to react in prayer to the joys and problems that we experience in this special phase of life.
