Ragamuffin Soul

What would people say is your greatest strength?
What would people say is your greatest weakness?
Los

Sometimes I cuss in my conversations with God.
When I’m at the end of it all…
Weeping…
Sobbing…
Doubting…
Screaming…
Cursing…
Retreating…

And you know what?
I think that He hears a melody in those screams that He never hears on a Sunday morning.
The melody of authenticity in pain is so much better than an inauthentic melody of praise on a Sunday morning.

HE will comfort you.
And HE will sing with you.
So don’t be scared to sing in your screams ragamuffins.
Your haunting melody is music to His ears.
Los

[I am for hire if you need any photoshop help.  I mean, the skill set that it took to pull that image off is insane.  Only 900 dollars an hour]

So we have been at this since August of 2005.
Lot’s have changed around here…
Lot’s has stayed the same…
I need 2 minutes of your time to fill out this reader poll.
Could you fill out this short survey so we can correctly gather some information about where this blog is heading and needs to go? [yanked from Hyatt and the dirty flower]
This is a DIVERSE crew, soccer moms, CPA’s, PHD’s, NWA’s, LOS’s…
I need to know what you like to read about and who you are…
I’m also giving away my old iPhone 3G to one of you who fills out this poll and Drops A Comment On This Post Telling Me Why You Deserve My Old iPhone.
NO SHAME IN MY GAME PEOPLE
So FILL OUT THIS POLL…

Then tell me why you deserve get my iPhone 3G in the comment section.

NOW FILL OUT THIS POLL

Then tell me why you deserve get my iPhone…
Gracias.
Los

When I put Sohaila on the top of the hill, I told her to trust herself and go when she was ready…
But I forgot to tell her about the brakes.
Watch behind Seanna…
Ooops.

Still looking for the book on fatherhood…
Los

Tyler Stanton is meek. He is mild. He is also ruthlessly funny.
Funny people normally piss me off because they, well, are funnier than me. And that makes me mad. Oh. and they are not normally meek and mild. That sounds like a water park ride or an adult store.
See. I’m not funny.
And I know I’m going to get emails saying I shouldn’t say piss. Here is my response so you don’t have to write it…
“Hey! Sorry I offended you. Have a great day! Los”
He is the better looking half of the Tripp and Tyler duo.
Although when I introduce them I always say Tyler and Tripp.
Here is the deal.
Tyler just published a book.
He did it on his own.
No publisher.
Just a all in one scanner and a slew of trapper keepers to bind them together.
In all seriousness this book is brilliant.

Everyday Absurdities Book Promo from Tyler Stanton on Vimeo.

And again. Self published. He cut all 17 middlemen out and pulled this off on his own.
I did For Sale By Owner 2 houses ago. Never Again.
Props to you Tyler.
Spread the word…Buy the book…

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Nuts and Bolts Conference.
It is going to cost you more in gas to get to this conference than the conference.
Here’s the deal.
Oak Leaf Church is doing it right.
I get the privileged of working alongside these guys on a monthly basis and they are one of the best kept secrets in church planting world.
June 26th 2010. $10. Be there.

I’m all about the hustlers.
And these friends of mine are hustlin…
After you go buy the book and register for the conference…
Tell me…

What person or organization is out there hustlin that we need to know about?

Los