“What’s doobie?”
She’s five – I thought. I also thought things like: She must have seen cable at Uncle Brian’s house. Now we’ll have to move. I never liked Uncle Brian much anyway. I thought things like that. Normal, rational things. Then I took a deep breath and feigned calm.
“A doobie is like a cigarette. People… 
Archive for June 2011
The Value Of Being Heard
Can You Hear The Difference?
The new album is mastered now! Matt Odmark (Jars of Clay) finished it up yesterday. Now all that’s left is for him to edit the blank space at the beginnings and ends of songs, and put them in order on the disc. Then I’ll send it off to be duplicated.
I’ve tried before to explain what…
I Thought I Asked A Lot Of Questions
My Dad used to tell me I’d never learn anything if I didn’t ask questions. A lot of them. And if that’s true then Ryan may be the smartest man alive.
Not only did Ryan, Stephanie‘s husband, ask more questions than anyone I’ve ever taken on one of these trips, but they were the best questions…
Epilogue
They’re the hardest words for me to read. And often the best.
When the bloggers get home and begin to process in words what it’s like to live here now that they’ve walked there. To ask new questions. When they struggle – each one in a unique way – to re-enter the middle of first world…
The Other Side Of The Fence
We gathered around a dinner table tonight to reflect, laugh, cry – before boarding a plane bound for America in the morning. And Patricia asked the bloggers what their high and low points have been this week in the Philippines.
And mine were easy to recall. They both happened nine and a half hours ago. Give…
About Shaun — Shaun Groves is a husband, father, singer and communicator connecting the first world with the third world for the benefit of both.
