Brian and Amy decided to adopt two children from Ethiopia about two years ago. We celebrated their decision, couldn’t wait to meet our new nephew and niece, but we continued to think of adoption as something radical that only a few super-spiritual wealthy people were capable of and “called” to by God.
Certainly not us.
Not long… 
Archive for January 2011
Five Plus Yes
How To Make People…
If our church is average then no more than twenty percent of us drop something in the offering plate regularly. Twenty percent of us teach a class, help out at the food pantry, set up the chairs on Sunday morning, fix stuff when it breaks or serve the community in some other tangible way every…
Man Time
Gresham is eight. His life plan is simple:
Play football for Auburn.
Play football for the Steelers.
Win the Superbowl.
Join the Hall Of Fame.
Coach football.
“Why don’t you go to Baylor like I did?” I ask just to hear his stock answer again.
“I wanna play for the best.”
My son entered the world with six pack abs and an…
For The Record: Just As I Am (I Come)
They reason that because I care for the poor and vulnerable I must believe I am saved by my good works and not by the work of Jesus on the cross.
They reason that because I plead for Christians to heal and feed and educate impoverished children I must believe Jesus was a social worker and…
We Survived For A Reason: We All Have A Role To Play
“Karen, I’m sorry but I can’t go to Haiti with you guys,” I wrote on November 19, 2009.
Karen, who works for Compassion International in Canada, asked me to co-lead the trip that would show Canadian pastors how Compassion was partnering with churches in Port-au-Prince to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the city’s…
Christian Music Industry 2011 101
It’s been five years(ish) since my label closed its doors. Five years living a few miles outside of Nashville but a million miles from the Christian music industry in many ways.
A lot has changed in that industry in a short time.
Now that I’m on the brink of recording and releasing my first studio album in…
About Shaun — Shaun Groves is a husband, father, singer and communicator connecting the first world with the third world for the benefit of both.
