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Archive for October 2009
7 Lessons From An Opening Act
I was never an independent artist before signing a record deal, never toured at all before heading out on that bus with Bebo Norman in 2001. Then I opened for Jars of Clay, Avalon, Michael W. Smith, and Shane and Shane. I carry the lessons I learned as an opener out on the road (and…
Catalyst Has The Swagger & Look Of A Rock Star
A marketing guy at Rocketown Records wrote my first bio. It began:
The first thing you notice about Shaun Groves will probably be his hair. It’s not that it’s particularly wild or strange, but it’s the kind of hair that makes you think, This guy is different, maybe a painter, maybe a musician, but definitely not…
Your Weekend Was Boring
Your weekend was boring. I don’t care what you did, compared to mine, your weekend wasn’t interesting at all. Not even a little bit.
I went to Laurel, Maryland. Wait for it, there’s more.
I went to Laurel, Maryland to speak about poverty in three church services (one through a Spanish translator), play a concert…
President Obama Rewarded For Effort. No Injustice Here.
At the end of the year my kids get a trophy from their gymnastics coach. Not because they can climb the rope and ring the bell. Not because they can do a roundoff or back handspring. Nope. They get a trophy for trying.
The deadline for submitting nominations to the Norwegian Nobel Prize committee was February…
Is Catalyst Great For Andy?
I like the folks at Catalyst, the church leadership org hosting a conference this week in Atlanta. I did an event with them in California not long ago, I read their blog, I’m impressed by their generous support of Compassion International. I like Catalyst. But Catalyst is missing something. All the major church leadership type conferences…
About Shaun — Shaun Groves is a communicator who’s known by a lot of titles: Singer/songwriter. Speaker. Blogger. Husband. Daddy. Friend. He feels and thinks deeply and laughs easily. And he’s helping Christians discover what they were saved for, and being a voice for children around the world, desperate to be saved from poverty.
