Pivot Point Ministries - Supporting Those in Transition

The Alzheimer’s Association (http://www.alz.org/downloads/facts_figures_2012.pdf) reports “that an estimated 5.4 million Americans of all ages have Alzheimer’s disease in 2012. This figure includes 5.2 million people age 65 and older and 200,000 individuals under age 65 who have younger-onset Alzheimer’s.   One in eight people age 65 and older (13 percent) has Alzheimer’s disease.Nearly half of people […]

I recently saw a sign that said, “People who are always in a hurry work out of a sense of oppression rather than a sense of call.” This is a strong statement, but as I ponder the statement I believe it to be true. I have been in diaconal ministry for 42 years, and for […]

Went with a friend to see the movie Blue Like Jazz based upon Donald Miller’s best selling book.  I liked it!  In fact, I think the movie helped me make sense out of the book. In a later book (A Million Miles in a Thousand Years)  Miller uses the term inciting incident to describe what […]

I love this piece about music and dementia for two reasons: 1) It shows that the individual is still alive, still responsive and still who he or she is. We most times fail to remember that this person is still an indiviual with thoughts, hopes, dreams and desires. Music helps us express who we are. 2) I […]

Steve Arnold will be presenting on the topic Spiritual Care and Memory Loss in two different settings in the coming weeks.                 April 25, 2012    –       St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights, MN                 May   9, 2012       –       University […]