I was twenty-five and on staff at a church going through a lot of change. In staff meetings, one of our pastors read the critical comments that had been left in the offering plates the previous Sunday. Anonymous comments were tossed in the trash. Signed comments were often ridiculed and… Read More
Audi alteram partem. That’s Latin for “listen to the other side” or “let the other side be heard as well”. This legal maxim keeps the courtroom fair: Wise judgements cannot be made unless everyone is heard. Audi alteram partem. That’s good advice outside the courtroom too. It is increasingly easy to misjudge one another… Read More
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
Do you smell it? Over there on the stove. In the big silver pot there’s homemade vegetable beef soup simmering on low. Imagine taking the ladle in your hand, dipping it in and serving yourself a bowl. Go ahead and taste a spoonful. Good, huh? But you’re missing something that… Read More
My mom and Dad are coming into town today to stay the week. So we’re frantically dusting, mopping, grocery shopping, mowing…and I’ve got so much to write but no time to write it this morning. View Post
In my nineteen years at home with mom and dad I never saw them argue. If my parents fought at all it must have happened behind closed doors. So when Becky and I had our first fight, while we were still dating, I said and did whatever would make it… Read More
Shaun Groves