We battle age at both sides of life. The young adult must prove they have enough knowledge and skills to do the job. The senior adult must prove they still have the health, skills and motivation to do the job. Both sides of the spectrum can be challenging.

Actually, at every level it’s the same. The forty-year-old doesn’t get a pass from proving he has the skills and desire to perform the tasks but often is given the first glace as a stronger candidate for the job.

When I was 20 years old, I was in college and serving as a senior pastor of a church in Lexington, Kentucky. I went on to several other senior pastoral positions in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. From age 20 to 30 I knew I was competing with men 30 to 55 who had more experience and could point to more success than I could. It all

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