I’ve seen a lethargic infant girl held in the skeleton arms of her mother. I’ve heard eyewitnesses tell stories of how religious warfare destroyed their life and nation. I’ve prayed with a leper whose healing has never come. I’ve been rebutted by eloquent atheist apologists spewing razor-sharp logic and philosophy.… Read More
Quite often someone will suggest I start a church or go to work for one. As a pastor. A good speaker, I want to explain, isn’t necessarily a good pastor. And I wouldn’t be a good pastor. Not now. But I’m getting better. Speaking requires a bit of charisma. Pastoring… Read More
Outside Jerusalem’s walls, in the Valley of Hinnom, children were sacrificed to honor a false god. Hundreds of years later the valley, called Gehenna by Greek speakers, was still a place of death. A city dump, some say, Gehenna burned day and night. When describing Hell, Jesus pointed over Jerusalem’s… Read More
I’m often asked to speak to worship leaders and their volunteers. I’ll sing or speak in a church’s services and then spend the afternoon – or at least lunch – with the musicians of the church. View Post
A group of business people take their seats around a conference table. A guy with a guitar enters, invites them all to stand, and the suited gathering sings the corporate mission statement. That doesn’t happen. Church is one of the very few places where people gather together and sing. And… Read More
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… Read More
Shaun Groves