by Shane Craven | Oct 20, 2008 | Tribute
Happy birthday to our baby, Abigail!! She’s a joy! We all love you!
by Shane Craven | Oct 18, 2008 | Tribute
Kim and I are very proud of our senior in high school son Jordan, who was announced by Heritage High School this week as the athlete of the month. This is a great honor! Woo hoo Rufus!!
by Shane Craven | Oct 1, 2008 | Tribute
I preached at Paulding Baptist Church in Hiram, GA this time last year. It was tough to say the least. Great people, little vision, and a lot of hope. This is a church that had seen some great days in the past, but were probably on their way to non-existence. The...
by Shane Craven | Sep 20, 2008 | Tribute
I graduated from The University of Georgia in 1988 and my mom asked me where I thought I would go to church. I didn’t know. She told me about First Baptist Woodstock and the article she had read about the explosive growth it was having in an old part of...
by Shane Craven | Aug 21, 2008 | Tribute
Joel, as you know, is the lead pastor of the largest church in America, Lakewood Church. I remember becoming a watcher of his dad, John Osteen, back in the early 90’s when I came across his service one night on television. I was impressed with the excellence...
by Shane Craven | Aug 19, 2008 | Tribute
Jordan Shane Craven turns the big 18 today! It doesn’t seem possible! I remember his birth like it was yesterday…I remember him being the only baby in the nursery of the first church I pastored for a few weeks…I remember everyone gathering at...
