When I go overseas it’s almost always to learn from the poorest of the poor. But today I’m headed to Dubai to learn from the richest of the rich. Things like…where exactly does one buy a cheetah? How does one protect one’s leather seats from said cheetah? And if one’s… Read More
A record was set last night in Boise, Idaho… Not just a record for Roadshows in Boise… Not just a record for seven years of the Roadshow tour… 502 children were sponsored last night in Boise! The most children sponsored at a concert in the thirty years that Compassion International… Read More
“You are my first customer of the day,” he answers when Becky asks how much the bracelet costs. Becky is the very worst haggler. She listens. She smiles. She never walks away. “In Arab culture,” he continues, “the first customer is good luck for the day.” He speaks through a… Read More
When King Saul and his sons fell in battle the rest of the Israelite troops fled for the mountains – thousands of them not able to outrun the enemy. The next day the Philistines walked the miles of corpses, stripping the bodies of valuables and weapons. When they came upon… Read More
“Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” -John 1:36 Soldiers drove wooden stakes into the crevices of walls throughout the city, lit them, and waited for the heat to burst the limestone bricks. Smoke rose from the hill for days as survivors from the massacre were dug from the rubble,… Read More
High atop Mount Tabor Jesus’ face shone like the sun. His clothes gleamed as white as light. Then, beside him, appeared Moses and Elijah – prophets long dead. And Peter didn’t want to leave that place where the barrier between heaven and earth gave way to something miraculous…something holy. Peter… Read More
Shaun Groves