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Category: Paul C. Nagel

Since chess was such a painful test of intellect, it affected his emotions too much to be sport.

idolatry, leisure, obsession

Abigail Adams is willing to risk her son’s exposure to danger in Europe so that he can be at his fathers side, at an age where he can “most benefit from his father’s example and precepts.

adolescence, mentoring, parenting

Our religion was the religion of a Book. Man must be educated on Earth for Heaven. John Quincy Adams

bible, civil-discourse, culture, exposition

The president notices that when he takes off his coat to dig, people take more notice of the visual than they did his preceding remarks.

calling, discipleship, humility, servant-leadership, vocation, work

He must become an apprentice to ordinary life.

calling, discipleship, humility, job, vocation

I carry too much of the week into the Sabbath , and too little of the Sabbath into the week. John Quincy Adams

calling, vocation, work, worship

John Quincy Adams’ depression was treated by his aunt with some reliable remedies, first sleep and then compassion. She said, ” He was half cared for by having someone to care for him.

anxiety, compassion, emotion, ministry, positive-regard, self-care

Adams looks forward to teaching his granddaughters about planting trees, noting that they already show inclination toward this and need only be encouraged in the naturalist pursuits he has found so healthy.

legacy, mentoring, parenthood

My countenance in my old-age does injustice to my heart. John Quincy Adams

aging, maturation, regeneration, renewal

Adams met with a convention on keeping the Sabbath and found the atmosphere surprisingly similar to that in Congress. Legalistic disputes so abounded that he found it difficult to keep order.

community, division

The author points out that, with life in provincial Washington difficult for those not of independent means, Adams and his wife undervalued the social connections that others found vital. They often made an impression as distant and prideful.

empathy, evangelism, ministry, relationships

The world shall retire from me before I shall retire from the world. John Quincy Adams

curiosity, mortality, openness