The pastor announced he’d been offered a job elsewhere but had turned it down he told us. He said he was happy in his pulpit, with us.
A few weeks later he was offered less work for more pay at the denomination’s headquarters. He took the job. Said he was “called” to leave.
I was thirteen.
I’ve noticed… 
Series Archive: ‘Featured Posts’
Downward Mobility
A Mystic In The Garden
The last school bell rang today. Yellow buses hummed into the neighborhood. And children from the cul-de-sac and just beyond soon filled our house.
It will be this way all Summer.
Kids eating watermelon around our kitchen table. Kids playing doctor in my office. Kids dressing up as princesses in front of the hallway mirror.
Kids everywhere.
And…
Re:Write On-line Songwriting Workshop
My mom was right. I should have gotten a teaching certificate along with my music degree. Thankfully though, anybody can teach anything on-line these days.
I’m teaching a three-hour on-line songwriting workshop called Re:Write the morning of June 14th. Wanna learn?
Those who purchase the workshop will receive a link to the site where they can sit…
How My Friends Are Doing (According To Facebook)
Created over dinner with friends in the real world (who know me better than the internet).…
Enough Words For This
Today I find myself almost without words. Not without somethings to say. Just not able to say them.
But the thing I feel most deeply today is the thing I have just enough words for…
Thank you, Kelli, Amy, Scott, The Nester, Maggie, and Jolanthe. For every laugh, every word. For saying “yes” to a trip…
Pray Me Through Compassion
After a quick 48 hours at home, I’m back on the road. This time to the exotic far-off land of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee where the staff of several radio stations are gathering to hear new music and take classes in how to do radio even better.
I’ll be speaking about Compassion International. My hope is that…
About Shaun — Shaun Groves is a husband, father, singer and communicator connecting the first world with the third world for the benefit of both.
