Mary Pipher

Every Generation Has Its Gift to Give

Jun 11, 2023

Aging and Staging, Beloved Community, Science and Spirituality, Sermon, Spirituality, Stewardship, Wellness

generation gap, kitchen table environments, Mary Pipher, peer-age ghettos, slow time

The story comes from psychologist Mary Pipher who is also a Unitarian Universalist. It’s from her book entitled Another Country, about a Mrs. Van Cleve. Mrs. Van Cleve was “a white-haired immigrant in her seventies. After school,“ says Mary Pipher, “I’d stop by her house [to learn pottery making]. I was a big-boned, gawky adolescent…