About Us

The Center for Aging and Spirituality seeks continuing dialogue with all expressions of spirituality. Started in 1987 as a monthly reading group by Lutheran chaplains, the Center organized a multi-faith community outreach three years later in the area of aging and spirituality and began offering programs.

Presenters have included:

• Allen Chinen, MD, Jungian analyst; author, Waking the World: Classic Tales of Women and the Heroic Feminine
  
• Thomas Cole, Ph.D., educator; author, The Journey of Life: A Cultural History of Aging in America
  
• Rabbi Dayle Friedman, director of Hiddur: The Center of Aging and Judaism, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
  
• Melvin A. Kimble, Ph.D., educator; director of the Center for Aging, Religion and Spirituality, Lutheran Seminary; lifelong student of the late Dr. Viktor Frankl
  
• Harry R. Moody, Ph.D., author, The Five Stages of the Soul; director of Academic Affairs, AARP
  
• Marty Richards, MSW, ACSW, care manager; counselor; affiliate assistant professor, University of Washington School of Social Work
  
• Jeremy Taylor, D.Min., educator; author; workshop facilitator
  
• Lynn Huber, Ph.D., speaker,
  Embracing the Spiritual Potential of Late Life

Ecumenical and interfaith programs include:

• Workshops and seminars offering continuing education credits for professionals
  
• Clinical pastoral education units
  
• Presentations at regional and national events for professionals and others
  
• Resource library

The Center can be reached at 408-454-5625. This Center is a program of the Sunny View Lutheran Communities & Services.