Life Together: Reflections on Faith, Love, and Caring for a Spouse with Alzheimer's

As a boy growing up in a Mennonite farming community, Robert Wyble thought he had his faith all figured out. God was an all-knowing king who directly intervened in the lives of his subjects. If people worshipped him, obeyed his laws, and went to church every Sunday, he would protect them.

But exposure to the wider world challenged Bob’s straightforward belief system. He learned that our planet was far older than six thousand years, and that the evolution of its inhabitants took far longer than six days. He observed that God appeared to allow tragedies to befall some believers but not others. Seeking answers to these seeming contradictions, Bob gradually came to understand God not as an all-powerful meddler in human affairs, but as the ultimate manifestation of kindness and love. This understanding would prove critical when Bob’s wife of over fifty years, Naomi, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Faced with the unendurable, both Bob and Naomi found solace in their church community, experiencing God in warm gestures and offers of support.

Life Together provides a glimpse into one man’s journey of faith and caregiving, inviting readers to discover the divine love that dwells in each of us.