Sermon
Ages 60–80: Winter
Cornerstone Church of Ames
Speaker: Mark Vance
May 3, 2026 · 28 min
Aging & RetirementStewardship & GenerosityGod's SovereigntyDiscipleshipPsalms 92:12–15Philippians 1:212 Corinthians 4:16–18
Summary
Drawing from Psalm 92:12-15, the sermon outlines three principles for finishing life well in the 60+ years: establishing purpose through intentional legacy-leaving (leadership, stories, service, generosity), cultivating a settled and grateful soul in the 70s, and maintaining inner renewal despite physical decline by fixing eyes on Christ and eternal glory rather than temporal concerns.
Highlights
If you quit your purpose for living, you're largely quitting living.
God, give me people who are over 60 years old who are more obsessed with being beautiful in soul than beautiful in physical body.
My soul thinks Ben Sash should be God and that part of me needs to die. So while cancer sucks, I'm so grateful that cancer has driven a stake through the heart of my delusional self-idolatry.