Articles 1000 to 2000 words, sermons and meditations 500 to 2000 words, stories (fiction or nonfiction) 750 to 2000 words, poems, prayers and liturgical pieces. Weavings is neither a popular devotional guide nor a technical scholarly journal. We are looking for material that has spiritual depth expressed in simple, even poetic, prose. We hope authors will show our readers the subject rather than simply describe or explain it.
As we grow older, we can find the change and challenges of life to be more difficult to navigate, yet we cannot overlook the fact that the gift of years can both aid and ground our perception of life’s challenges—for ourselves and for the community around us. The Psalmist says, “In old age they still produce fruit; they are always green and full of sap” (Psalm 92:14). In what ways can older adulthood be a time of great fruitfulness? What are the some of the challenges as well as the invitations of aging? How might older age be a sort of “natural monastery,” a time of cloistering that can provide a rich time of prayer and intimacy with God? What does “aging with grace” entail? What can older people and younger people learn from one another? How does the vantage point of being older grant a perspective on life’s challenges that no other age possesses?