Book Talk Registration

Aging With Purpose: A Conversation with Parker J. Palmer and Kathryn McElveen

Part of the Center for Courage & Renewal’s “Between the Lines” Author Series

Date: September 16, 2026
Time: 11:00am – 12:15pm ET
Venue: Online Zoom

Event Description

Eight years after the original release of On the Brink of Everything, Parker J. Palmer is returning to this beloved collection of reflections with an updated edition, offering an invitation to revisit its wisdom and consider what it has to say to us now.

Join Parker in conversation with Kathryn McElveen, Executive Director of the Center for Courage & Renewal as they explore Parker’s reflections on aging, purpose, courage, activism, love, loss, and the ongoing work of becoming more fully ourselves with the passage of time:

  • How might we approach every stage of life as a time for discovery, engagement, and meaningful contribution?
  • How do we stay connected across generational divides?
  • What might become possible when we meet the future with the openness and wisdom of a life fully lived?

This is a registration-by-donation event. Every contribution supports the Center for Courage & Renewal in nurturing spaces of reflection, relational trust, and courageous leadership.

Make a donation of $50 or more when registering to receive a copy of Parker Palmer’s updated edition of On The Brink of Everything.

A recording will be made available to all who register.

(You will find the registration form below.)

(On September 18th at 12pm ET, participants of this conversation are invited to gather for an Open Community Discussion to reflect and connect with others around themes uplifted in the conversation and where they can be applied in our daily lives. You can register for this follow-up discussion here and there will be a reminder to register in your confirmation email and in communications after the event.)

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