I was in a hotel shower scrubbing up before heading to Creation Fest Northwest when the melody and first verse of a song hit me. Later that day, in a trailer backstage, the second verse was written by the power of the Holy Spirit and many M&Ms.
That was weeks ago. Weeks before I really understood… 
Posts Tagged ‘songwriting’
Come By Here
Just As I Am
I’ve written before about how much the old hymn Just As I Am has helped me out. I pay it often. Well, one day, during a sound check someplace a few months ago, a new chorus to it came about between the verses. I’ve tried it out a few times on unsuspecting crowds this Summer…
Can You Believe?
Lora and Doug are friends from church. She owns a salon in our little town and he builds stuff and writes songs for people like Montgomery Gentry and George Strait.…
John Mark McMillan : How He Loves Us
My friend/brother-in-law Brian works with artists who use their voice to speak for Compassion‘s children. He goes to a lot of concerts, hears a lot of songs. Oddly, he’s not that into music. But he’s into good people, and an excellent judge of that sort of thing even if he does call me friend.
Brian’s not…
Christmas In North Carolina
I’m in North Carolina more than any other state. There are folks there who’ve been coming to my shows so long that they’ve literally heard every song I’ve ever written performed live (and every story and joke too). Poor poor souls.
Last night in North Carolina, when I spotted these longtime listeners in the crowd I…
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.
