A Faithful Life
Living Well in Body, Mind, and Spirit
I’m Eddie van Aken. At 71, I’m still learning about faith, health, family, food, purpose, and what it means to live a good life.
A Faithful Life is where I share some of the things I’ve learned, things I believe, and quite a few things I’m still trying to understand.
I don’t have all the answers. I’m simply documenting the journey.
Why I Started A Faithful Life
The older I get, the more I realize how much life has taught me—and how much I still have to learn.
My faith came later in life. My ideas about health have changed. My priorities have changed. Even some of the things I once thought were important don’t seem quite as important anymore.
I started A Faithful Life as a place to write about those changes, lessons, questions, and experiences.
Some of it will be about faith. Some about health. Some about family, food, gardening, aging, and everyday life.
Mostly, it is simply a record of one person’s attempt to live well.
A Faithful Life is built around three parts of my journey: faith, health, and life itself.
Faith
I write about my Christian faith, Scripture, prayer, questions, and what I am continuing to learn along the way.
Health
I share what I am learning about food, nutrition, healthy aging, gardening, lifestyle, and the choices I make to take better care of my health.
Life
I reflect on family, relationships, getting older, mistakes, memories, purpose, and the lessons life keeps teaching me.
Something I’m Thinking About
This section is for a thought, question, Bible verse, lesson, or idea that has been on my mind lately.
It may change often. Or it may sit here for a while.
Not everything needs an immediate answer.
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About Eddie
I’m Eddie van Aken. I’ve spent a lot of years working, learning, making mistakes, changing my mind, and trying to become a better man.
I came to a deeper faith later in life, and that changed the way I look at a lot of things.
A Faithful Life is where I write about what I’m learning now—about faith, health, family, purpose, and the years still ahead.
Eddie van Aken
I am Eddie van Aken. I’m still learning about faith, health, family, purpose, and life itself.
A Faithful Life is where I share some of those lessons, experiences, and questions as I continue my journey.