How Passionate 25-Year-olds Become Fruitful 45-Year-olds

About this episode

Merle Burkholder discusses how to maintain passion and purpose from youth into middle age despite life's challenges.

When we are young life is filled with ambitions, dreams, and possibilities, but life happens and we easily become cynical. Merle Burkholder gives practical steps and challenges us to become people who do the work God has given us to do. Read the essay and comment at https://anabaptistperspectives.org/essays/how-passionate-25-year-olds-become-fruitful-45-year-olds/

People in this episode

Guest: Merle Burkholder

Topics covered

• ambition
• cynicism
• faith
• spiritual growth
• practical steps

Keywords

• passionate 25-year-olds
• fruitful 45-year-olds
• life challenges
• God's work
• spirituality

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