Wine at the End of the Feast: Embracing Spiritual Change as You Age

Ingram’s book inspires the aging population and addresses the spiritual transformation associated with the aging process. Spirituality and prayer change with age. In Wine at the End of the Feast, author Kristen Johnson Ingram explores these changes and offers a Catholic perspective on the aging process. Ingram analyzes the spiritual, emotional, and physical aspects of aging and explains how these issues affect a person’s relationship with God. As a woman in her seventies, Ingram knows firsthand the joy and sadness of getting older. Candid discussions about love and loss, fear and faith, death and dignity offer profound insight into the changing relationship with faith that occurs in old age. Ingram also provides encouragement that gaining years deepens a person’s spirituality and brings peace. Wine at the End of the Feast provides a springboard for reflection on one’s own aging and allows those close to the elderly to better understand their problems. Relevant Scripture passages and quotes on aging introduce each chapter.
Wine at the End of the Feast is a wonderful combination of inspiration and insight with a good dose of realism and common sense thrown in. I nodded with appreciation again and again as I recognized how powerfully Ingram has addressed the concerns of older readers. –Stanley Baldwin, director, International Christian Writers