Decenter Everything
The Unconventional Approach to Eldering in an Age of Immaturity
$21.94
- Paperback
154 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2025
Summary
We have not been here before. We are now living decades longer than our ancestors. In the West, we have an abundance of older people, but very few authentic elders.
Decenter Everything challenges our modern post-parenting dreams by proposing a radical alternative: authentic eldering through intentional decentering.
Through poetry, prose, research, and reflection I propose five domains requiring decentering: God, being heard, knowledge, death, and consumption.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780645607246 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 064560724X |
| Author: | David Tensen |
| Publisher: | David Tensen |
| Imprint: | David Tensen |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 154 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 9mm x 127mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
This book not only masterfully explores a vital topic, but is important to me personally. I was affirmed, but more important, deeply challenged. It called me to ‘look, listen, and learn, ’ and offered an invitation to be a grander, more loving presence in the world, especially as I approach the winter of my life.
Paul Young. Author The Shack
Having crossed the threshold of sixty years, my felt need for guided ‘eldering’ is acute. The disorientation around aging in the face of a shortening future to be expected, and I’m recognizing how the decline in health, energy, work, and potential losses (e.g., of a spouse) lurk in one’s mind. I’ve become convinced that my capacities twenty years from now will depend on how I reorient myself today. But I needed David to suggest ‘decentering’ as the surprising solution for meaning-making. Decenter Everything! Who knew? I’m all in.
Bradley Jersak, Principal, St. Stephen’s University. CA
In “Decenter Everything”, David weaves together his insights, experience, and profound empathy, inviting us to reconsider our place in the world. He reminds us that we were never meant to be at the center, but rather to be living stones-each of us unique, yet part of a greater whole. Through this book, David guides us toward a life of deeper meaning and purpose, one that is found not in self-centredness, but in embracing our interconnectedness and our calling to support and uplift others.
Gary Grant - Senior Leader Friends First Community, Melbourne, Australia
David Tensen
David Tensen is an Australian author with decades of experience in pastoral care, spiritual development, and research.
His poetry, featured in four collections published between 2020 and 2022, has resonated with a global audience of all ages. His collection ‘The Wrestle’ remains a particular favorite.
Beyond poetry, David’s writing extends to other genres. In 2018, he was commissioned to write about fathering for families in China. In 2024, he released his first children’s book, ‘The Kid Without A Costume’. His 2025 manifesto, ‘Decenter Everything,’ became a bestseller in the conduct of life, health and spirituality, and adulthood and aging categories. In 2026, David and his wife will co-publish a book on The Blessing.
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