I sat in the chair beside his hospital bed. It was just the two of us there. A few minutes passed in silence as he stared straight ahead at a drawing from his grandson taped to the wall. I watched Uncle Joel for any hint of what I should say or do.… 
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It’s A Strange Situation A Man Finds Himself In
Buckminster Fuller In A Space Shuttle
I don’t know if it’s true but I heard once that Buckminster Fuller woke up blind one morning for no apparent reason. And then, some time later, he woke up one morning sighted again for no apparent reason. He reentered the world with more curiosity than before, more appreciation for beauty and science, a greater…
Last Notes
It happens every year when the first cool winds bat fallen leaves across the yard.
I remember being nineteen, sitting on my Aunt’s porch in Bridge City, Texas praying that God would miraculously pull the cancer from my grandmother’s body like a magnet over iron filings.
She was just inside, down the hall on the left, in a…
Beggar’s Fortune (Part 8)
Once upon a time, there was an evil king out to kill the prophet Elisha. Elisha woke up one morning to discover his city surrounded by a large number of the king’s soldiers, chariots and horses.
Elisha’s assistant was scared – maybe he counted the enemy, figured his slim odds of survival even – and Elisha…
Beggar’s Fortune (Part 7)
Just a few days before the depression took over, I agreed to write a book about the kingdom of God. My publisher was glad I’d shaken my fears and started writing again. My working title was Beggar’s Fortune and I hoped it would inspire Christians who’ve only been told what they were saved from to…
Beggar’s Fortune (Part 6)
How could I sing about a God I wasn’t consistently sure existed, a God I was angry at and felt abandoned by? How could I talk about the power of hope over poverty when I felt so hopeless and poor?
So I canceled my gigs at LifeFest and in Fort Atkinson Wisconsin and decided to stay…
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.
