I was in youth choir at church way way back in middle school and high school. Such a long time ago. Sat next to Jesus. He was a tenor. Surprise.
Actually, I sat next to my friends Brian and Tim. We were all there for the same reasons. Those reasons sat on the other half of… 
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Thank You, Glee
Redneck Neighbors & JetPacks
There was a time when I couldn’t go a week without mentioning “Redneck Neighbor” and his wife on my blog. When we first moved to the cul-de-sac they welcomed us with open arms, cold beers and a good amount of skepticism about Christians and Christianity. My how things have changed.
Today, five years later, we worship…
How To Make People…
If our church is average then no more than twenty percent of us drop something in the offering plate regularly. Twenty percent of us teach a class, help out at the food pantry, set up the chairs on Sunday morning, fix stuff when it breaks or serve the community in some other tangible way every…
Are You Wearing That?
Every Sunday morning my dad and I would get ourselves dressed to the best of our ability and then…
“Are you wearing that?” my mom would ask one of us.
To which I responded, one morning when the spirit of sarcasm had descended upon me, “No, mom, this is just what I’m wearing until you tell me…
Two Sides Of The Coin
One side…
Collecting an offering on Sunday morning will turn some people off to Christianity so we shouldn’t do it. Aren’t they more important? They’ll think the church is just after their money. They’ll be embarrassed if they don’t drop anything into the basket. They’ll be needlessly uncomfortable. Putting a box in the back for people…
A Little Initiative
I got to teach second and third graders about initiative on Sunday, or they taught me.
I miss teaching Sunday school but with my new role at church as Leader Of Leading Leaders And Other Musical But Less Leadery People or whatever, and with my time on the road a couple weekends each month, well,…
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.
