Series Archive: ‘Stories From The Road’

Your Weekend Was Boring

Your weekend was boring. I don’t care what you did, compared to mine, your weekend wasn’t interesting at all. Not even a little bit. I went to Laurel, Maryland. Wait for it, there’s more. I went to Laurel, Maryland to speak about poverty in three church services (one through a Spanish translator), play a concert… Continue Reading »

Feeling It

Some guys ignore their wife and kids by working long hours away from home.  I’m a bigger loser than that.  I ignore my family while I’m in the same room with them. I spend a lot of time inside my own head, lost in thought about this or that, building rhymes or melodies or mulling over… Continue Reading »

Pity The Rockstar

I have a lot of flaws.  One of my biggest is envy.  I don’t envy salaries, houses, cars, phones or guitars.  I envy the guy who plays to 5,000 people every night.  It’s not the money those crowds spend at the merchandise table that I wish for – though I could sure put it to… Continue Reading »

Radical Enough?

I met with a film maker from Los Angeles yesterday who’s interested in making a documentary about my family’s transition from bloat to a somewhat simpler life, the connection between simplicity and generosity and Jesus and the rub that even the smallest lifestyle and theological changes causes sometimes with culture at large and family and… Continue Reading »

Oooo, Caaaanada.  And Karen.

A lady named Karen picked us up from the Calgary airport – which, by the way, is home to much friendlier custom agents than the Toronto airport.  (No cavity search this time.) Karen works for Compassion International Canada.  Let’s call her Compassion Canada Karen for the duration of this post shall we? Eh?  Just… Continue Reading »

(A Day Of) Life In A Northern Town

The story of my day begins in a green room backstage at Northwestern College’s Maranatha Hall.  I told Ben – that’s him in the picture – how impressed I was with the technical folks at Northwestern.  The sound system sounded great during our check and the guys were prepared for us and easy to work… Continue Reading »

About Shaun

About Shaun — Shaun Groves is a husband, father, singer and communicator connecting the first world with the third world for the benefit of both.
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