Friends For Life — LCMS Life Ministry: S1Ep32. Caring for Aging Parents | Cheryl Magness

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Cheryl Magness joins Steph and Tiffany to talk about her decade’s long journey of serving as primary caregiver for her aging mother. Listener – whether you’re in a season of caretaking for elderly parents, or whether that seems too far down the road, we want to encourage you to take a listen. Cheryl has written extensively on this topic and brings much wisdom to the conversation of vocation, the parent-child relationship, sacrificial love for one’s family, and how to faithfully observe the Fourth Commandment even when the role of caretaking has shifted.

Resources from this episode:

Find LadyLike: Living Biblically at cph.org/p-28440-LadyLike-Living-Biblically.aspx

Find Luther’s Large Catechism at cph.org/p-572-Luthers-Large-Catechism.aspx

Access Luther’s “All Become One Cake” sermon at files.lcms.org/dl/f/AEBCF887-0C81-47AB-B791-F22B758D837F

Bio: Cheryl Magness is managing editor of Reporter, the official newspaper of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). In addition to Reporter, she has written for a variety of print and online publications, including The Federalist, Salvo, Touchstone, Sister Daughter Mother Wife, and The Lutheran Witness. She is a contributor to the book He Restores My Soul from Emmanuel Press and has degrees in piano performance (B.M., University of North Texas) and English (B.S., University of North Texas; M.A., University of Houston). She has taught English at both the secondary and college level and spent many years working as a piano accompanist for local schools and community musical organizations.

Cheryl grew up in Texas, which is also where she met her husband, Phillip. Phillip is a director of parish music who is currently serving a dual call as cantor at Village Lutheran Church in Ladue, Mo., and LCMS missionary to French-speaking West Africa. Phillip and Cheryl have three adult children: Trevor, married to Amalia; Caitlin; and Evan. When not writing, editing, or spending time with her family, Cheryl enjoys playing piano for her church and for chapel at the LCMS International Center.