Does this ever happen to you? Reading the bible, your eyes run across the same idea again and again? In silence, that idea bubbles to the surface of your thoughts over and over? It comes up in conversation repeatedly? Maybe God’s trying to tell us something? Well, the idea that keeps coming up in my… 
Archive for August 2010
Authority
What Mrs.Hayes Taught Me
Another post for teachers about another influential teacher in my life I’ve never forgotten:
My first performance was in front of my third grade class. Mrs.Hayes asked some of us to read our scary stories - written around Hallowen – to the rest of the class. I was nervous. I hadn’t actually finished writing my scary story so…
Proving John Wesley Wrong
In the 1700s John Wesley realized something frightening about Christians I’ve only just learned about myself in the last few years.
In a sermon titled “The Inefficacy of Chrisianity” Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church, cried out:
“I am distressed! I know not what to do! …true, scriptural Christianity has a tendency, in the process of time,…
What Mrs. Adams Taught Me
The greatest teachers do more than fill our minds. They change them. And our lives.
There are a lot of teachers out there reading this blog. I’m honored. And deeply concerned about my spelling and grammar! Surely you know by now that, besides mom and dad, there’s truly no one more important in the life of…
Amy Update: Doctor’s Appointment
A quick update on my sister-in-law Amy. Her doctor’s appointment at the Will’s Eye Institute in Philly is now slated for September 7th.
Yep, I’m a terrible brother-in-law: I’ll be in Guatemala. But the rest of the adults in our family will be traveling with her.
Thank you for praying, and for asking others to pray! It’s…
No Small Miracle
“What’s a miracle?” I asked.
My five year-old, Penelope, in the bottom bunk, opened her eyes wide and shot her hand up.…
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.
