What 50 Says
Two longtime friends seeking God's wisdom for life in the empty nest years.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 10
- Years Active
- 2025
Bonus Episode: Friendship
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Bonus Episode: "What 50 Said," by Robert Frost
We discuss the poem that inspired the podcast title.
Resources
“What 50 Said” by Robert Frost What Fifty Said, by Robert Frost
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other sub…
Episode 8: Some Other Empty(ing) Nests
We chat with two friends to capture some of the variation in the empty nest experience.
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Episode 7: Physical Signs of Aging
We talk about getting older and how we might think biblically about “age-resisting activities.”
Resources
“Beyond the Mask: Women's Experiences of Public and Private Ageing During Midlife and their Use…
Episode 6: Parenting Adult Children
As children leave home and start their own lives, our relationship with them changes in joyful and challenging ways. We talk about our own experiences and share wisdom from others.
Resources
“Surgeon G…
Episode 5: Where Are We Now?
It’s been more than a year since we came up with the idea for this project. In this episode, we talk about what we were thinking at that time about the empty nest stage, how God has used events and c…
Episode 4: Prayer, Reflection, and Silence
In the first half of this episode, we talk about the role of prayer, reflection, and silence in making decisions. Then in the second half, we report back on our own experience.
Resources
The Tyranny of…
Episode 3: Experts on Decision Making
Resources
Homo Prospectus by Martin E.P. Seligman, Peter Railton, Roy F. Baumeister, and Chandra Sripada. Oxford University Press, 2016. Homo Prospectus: 9780199374472: Medicine & Health Science Books…
Episode 2: Biblical Foundations
We discuss some passages from the Bible that help inform our understanding of this stage of life.
Resources
Titus 2
Proverbs 31
Galatians 4
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Episode 1: Foundational Concepts for the Empty Nest Stage
Where did the idea of an “empty nest” come from? Is this a difficult stage for moms or the best time of our lives? We talk about what both some popular and some scholarly literature says about this s…