Yesterday I asked you all to tell your story, of a time when an adult’s words or actions left you positively different. Then Jessica chided me in the comments to go first.
Smack talk is highly motivating for men. Here’s my story.
I can remember hearing my father’s baritone voice mumble through the sheetrock and… 
Archive for October 2010
A Few Words Against Safety
Answering Elijah (Part 10)
Elijah, I promise we’re almost done looking at the biblical foundations of (my understanding of) “mission.” We’re now at the New Testament and I don’t plan on dissecting it as thoroughly as I did the Old. I promise.
We Christians know the story of Jesus pretty dang well already, and what Paul and Peter and James…
Teaching Civics The Right Way
A lot of education happens in the minivan.
On the way to Chick-fil-A, for example, the kids were talking and drawing in the back seat and I was listening to the news up front. “2 billion?? Wow, that’s a lot of money,” I said.
“What’s 2 billion?” Gabriella asked.
I explained there’s an election about to take place…
Answering Elijah (Part 9)
Still answering Elijah’s question about the biblical foundations of “mission” as I understand it.
So far we’ve touched on love, Eden, flood and fame, Abraham, Exodus through Ruth, Israel’s choice to replace God with a king, the exiles and the “pre-exilic” prophet Isaiah.
Now, let’s look at one chapter from the “exilic” prophet Ezekiel, who prophesied to God’s people while…
Answering Elijah (Part 8)
Back from Montana and back to answering your question about the biblical basis for my understanding of “mission,” Elijah.
So far we’ve covered love, Eden, flood and fame, Abraham, Exodus through Ruth, Israel’s choice to replace God with a king, and the exiles. Now I’m doubling back to the book of Isaiah, written to the Southern Kingdom (Judah) before it was…
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.
