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… Read More
Every great story has a villain or two and the Christmas story is no different. Caesar Augustus is the reason a very pregnant Mary had to travel to Bethlehem to be counted by government census takers. He wasn’t always called Augustus. At birth he was given the name Octavius and… Read More
The Old Testament ends with two commands from the prophet Malachi. He tells God’s people to remember: Remember that God has done great things for you. Then he tells them to believe: Believe God’s not through doing great things for you. View Post
Gresham, age seven, handed me a wrinkled scrap of paper. On it was scrawled a list. As a child I at least had the courtesy to hand my parents a list complete with corresponding page numbers from the Service Merchandise catalog and prices for each item. Kids these days. “Why… Read More
There’s a little girl from Ethiopia who goes everywhere with me. View Post
Mr. Johnson told us to take the deepest breath we could. Across the band hall shoulders heaved and chests puffed.
“Now, take in more air.”
We did.
It was a trick. View Post
Shaun Groves