Seven years ago, I sloshed my way through the muddy serpentine paths of the Methare slum to meet Eliud. Eliud was a dapper Kenyan teenager then. He was wearing his school uniform, a seafoam green tie and gray sweater. His home was cobbled together from wood and rusting corrugated metal… Read More
Twenty years I’ve been living in Nashville. And living here you learn something about talented humans that you just can’t learn many other places: The most admirable people are the ones who demand admiration the very least. The most gifted make themselves a gift to others. View Post
Happy Giving Tuesday! Hungover from gluttony Thursday and consumerism Friday? Pop a little antacid of generosity. To get you started, here are a few folks my family and I give to regularly (and one we’re trying out this year). I’d love to answer any questions you have about these wonderful… Read More
I’ve been waiting “forever” for my meal. “This waiter is terrible.” She cuts in from of me in traffic. “Idiot!” I’m trying to be friendly but he’s giving me nothing but nods and the shortest answers. “Stuck up.” Fundamental attribution error: the tendency in Western cultures to… Read More
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of… Read More
There’s always a lot of pink. And fruit tea. The songs are all in the wrong keys. And every men’s restroom sign has a “women’s restroom” sign taped over it, which I invariably discover only after drinking too much fruit tea. But still. I’m thankful for women’s conferences. Attending them… Read More
Shaun Groves