A. Z. Adams
Minister, author, teacher. Building sustainable Christian communities with my wife & six kids in TX.
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What Do I Want My Children to Know? (opens the original)
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Earlier this year, my wife and I were on a plane somewhere between Nashville and Dallas. I had just spent a good deal of time on the phone with some of the people helping coordinate education within our church, discussing our school program, graduation requirements, and the larger question of what we are actually trying to accomplish in educating our children.As Beck and I sat together afterward, we began talking through what I thought the essential objectives of our children’s education ought t
So Long to Wendell Berry (opens the original)
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A Song Out of Fragments (opens the original)
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In about an hour I’ll be on a plane back to the United States, and I keep circling back to one image: my teenagers, in tears, hugging one friend after another outside the simple church building in South Africa, unable to let go. That was just after our final church service and shared meal with the church group here, and it said everything about the season we’ve just shared with these dear brothers and sisters. I wanted to get you all an update while it’s still this fresh.Istanbul, the First Time
Five Gallons of Grace (opens the original)
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Let It Be a Planting (opens the original)
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