“So do you travel with guitars to amuse yourself or to entertain others?” he asked as I shoved the hatch of the station wagon shut on our mound of luggage. “Hopefully I entertain others.” “You’ll be singing for us then? Oh good. What sort of music do you play?” he asked. “Christian music,” I said. And I immediately…
I take one step out of the stairway and onto the living room floor and “Please play with me?” The boy shaped puzzle is forcing a pleasant smile, his desperate sales pitch to everyone he meets in the world – the cashier, children at the park, the FedEx man, dad – his lovable un-leavable best.
“Please… 
Back in September my friends at Worship Leader magazine sent my rendition of “Just As I Am” out to their jillions of subscribers around the world. So first of all, thank you for that privilege, guys. If you haven’t heard the song, press the play button below.
Just As I Am by shaungroves…
She’s asking to quit piano lessons. She loves her teacher. She practices dutifully and cheerfully. But she knows all she needs to.
All she needs to mimic pop songs from the radio. All she needs to write her own. She’s arrived.
Many years ago, after the number one plaques were hung on the wall and the nominees…
There’s no way my mom wanted to eat alone right? I felt sorry for her, no kids around, all by herself every day on her lunch break. Poor mom.
So one Summer I kept her company. Together we ate and watched Days of Our Lives — quite possibly the worst thing that’s ever entered my brain…
“I don’t know,” I said. “Is there something you think I should make a resolution about?” I asked. “What one thing do you want me to change this year? I’ll do it.”
This was just a few miles into the sixteen hour drive home from Texas. She could have said “I don’t know; let me think…
I wasn’t bothered by turning thirty-eight until my mom gave me her “present”, a book on how to die well. “It’s probably Billy Graham’s last book,” she said trying to convince me I wasn’t receiving it because I’m now closer to the end of my life than its beginning.
So I got a little introspective. And…
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.
