In my nineteen years at home with mom and dad I never saw them argue. If my parents fought at all it must have happened behind closed doors.
So when Becky and I had our first fight, while we were still dating, I said and did whatever would make it stop. I said I was wrong… 
Archive for February 2012
Why I Argue In Front Of My Kids (Sometimes)
Hang Me Town
Friendships begin on common playground.
Sambhaji led me by the hand into the giant fish tank containing Chick-fil-A’s playground. The smell of sock feet. The humidity of a dozen tiny mouth breathers panting through plastic tunnels. The reverberating shrieks of terror and fun.
I took my seat alongside the other moms.
“Hi.”
The greeting came from down around my…
Grace
You see, at the center of all religions is the idea of Karma. You know, what you put out comes back to you: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, or in physics — in physical laws — every action is met by an equal or an opposite one. It’s clear to…
Just Hug
“Please I can have something?”
“What do you need?” I asked.
“Ummmm,” he said, rolling his eyes up and biting his lip. “Ummm…something to eat,” he said.
“You already had a snack and dinner is soon so no more food right now,” I explained and because I’m never quite sure he understands my too-many words… “Dinner is soon.…
Why I’m An Anabaptist
People routinely come to my site by searching “shaun groves denomination” or “shaun groves beliefs” or, yesterday, “Is shaun groves calvinist?”
I’m a theological mutt. I grew up in the Texas wing of the Southern Baptist denomination, worked for the Methodists while in college at Baylor (a Baptist-ish school), and have sung and spoken in a…
Just A Minute from Wess Stafford
Not long after my record label shut its doors, I traveled to Ethiopia with Wess. Over breakfast one morning I told him I thought I was done with music. He suggested otherwise. He suggested I keep singing, keep traveling, keep speaking for Compassion’s children. Wess saw ability in me when I didn’t, saw a future…
About Shaun — Shaun Groves is a husband, father, singer and communicator connecting the first world with the third world for the benefit of both.
