Shaun in the City

Most of my favorite Morehouse brothers have this quote memorized.  It has guided my life and it guided me through these final few days of our KickStarter campaign.  It’s from Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, President of Morehouse during some its best years.  I learned it the first day I arrived on campus back in August [...]

(This post has not been edited for errors.  These are just my raw thoughts!) If you are going to be a leader, prepare yourself to deal with rejection on an abnormal scale.  It comes with the territory and I’ve never quite gotten used to it. Every day nearly 75 people stop following me on Twitter [...]

Joe Paterno died this morning. For 50 years, he was a god of college football.  He may be the best college football coach of all time.   While coach, he not only won more games than anybody, but his Penn State team produced 250 NFL players, went undefeated 5 times, finished in the top 25 over [...]

Hey Everybody! Wanted to share some really cool news! So far 407 people have helped us cross $38,000 in pledges. Later today we will receive $10,000 in matching funds from the great people @ CSG!  That will put us up to $48,000 w/ 31 days to go! We just crossed 400 backers!  I love it! [...]

(this post has not been edited for errors) Last week someone did something to me that offended and threatened me and my livelihood. Angry, I fought fire with fire. I lost it a little bit, used some harsh words, and decided to go tit for tat. It was ugly. At my core I’m a fighter. [...]

You have lofty, revolutionary dreams.  I know you do.  We all do. I just want you to know that a ton of iPads, iPods, iPhones, and MacBooks will not be required for your revolutionary dreams to come true.  The greatest human revolutions of the past 10 years (good and bad) that have toppled governments, assembled [...]

BIG NEWS!! Hey everybody! Starting right now, every PLEDGE you make between now and next Thursday for our HopeMob KickStarter campaign will be matched up to $10,000 by my generous friends @ Church Solutions Group!!!! Right now we have raised $33,003.  This means everything we pledge above that will be matched until we hit $43,003, [...]

This Wednesday is going to be one of the most important days of my life.  That’s why I’m writing you now to prepare you and ask for your support, OK? On this Wednesday morning I am going to need 1,000 people to pledge $125 or more a piece.  You’ll have 45 days to actually donate [...]

(This post has not been edited for errors. These are my raw thoughts.) A few times a week someone asks me if I plan on starting another church or pastoring again.  I wanted to take a few moments to answer this question.  In short, I’m not sure I’ll ever “pastor” again. I was licensed to [...]