Why we spell llove with two L's.
We believe that the Scripture offers a clear, concise, and simple definition of llove. Unfortunately our World, and the society we live in has so cheapened the word love that we are no longer able to identify with it. While the World finds it to be some uncertain, nebulous, falling-in/falling-out kind of emotion which ebbs and flows depending on circumstances and response, genuine llove is something entirely different.

1 Corinthians 13:4--8 provides us a look at llove. Many call it agape, Greek term that means little to most folks. Several years ago, long before Shady Grove, I preached a sermon called, "Let's Make Llove A Five Letter Word." Well, I have stayed with it and brought it along to all the folks I meet. We understand that llove is not so much an emotion as a discipline. It is not something you "have." Rather it is something you do. God did it to us. We do it to Him. And here at Shady Grove we are learning how to do it to one another. You won't hear us use the term lightly. It demands from us a commitment that espouses all those qualities indicated in Scripture. LLove is the Real Thing.