Ragamuffin Soul

I was chatting with my great friend and confidant Ben Arment today. We had a fun little banter on twitter before it went to Direct Messages. I told him something that has been chewing at me for quite some time in a tongue and cheek kind of way. Something that has been bothering me about [...]

Sometimes it’s the little details that matter. So everyone now…Speak up… My name is Carlos Enrique Whittaker Guzman Archibold Cabello… Why were you given the name you have? Los

Hallmark used to be gangsta… Wow how things have changed… Los

Would you go to a church where the lead pastor had been caught in adultery yet has reconciled his marriage? What if it happened twice yet they are together again? How about 3 times? The tiger woods of preaching. I honestly want to know where people draw the line. I think Jesus’ line was not [...]

I’ve been trying to handle everything for a year since I left Buckhead Church. I gave up. I have coaching that needs to resume, flights I need to book, life insurance that needs to be finished and a ministry that needs help to grow. I said I needed to hire someone who is almost a [...]

Ward Lake in the High Sierras north of Fresno, CA is Heathers favorite spot on the planet.  It is hours from civilization with no cell service or electricity of any kids for miles around. She forces me up there and the first hour is a rough detox but then I’m in heaven. This weekend we [...]

I think Bieber handled it well. I’da jumped in the crowed and beat somebody over the head with an sm58. I’ve had CRAZY things happen while I’ve been on stage in churches. The strangest being a breast feeding mom deciding to show our whole band how to nurse during the second verse of Mighty to [...]

So here’s the deal. Eric and I go way back. I met him in my Cali days at Sandals. And he’s the real deal, he gets it. The guy understands that the masks have to come off and we’ve got a lot of work to do if the church is really going to impact our [...]

In light of the AMAZING conversation that is being had about 14 pixels below this post…and let me highlight AMAZING because you guys have been pretty well behaved… Talk to me about this cartoon. Lots of people disgusted by the smell of smoke. Lots of people repelled by the health risks of smoking. Lots of [...]

Most Christians I am around now drink. It’s become OK in the church circles I run in. I definitely now know more who do than don’t. They do in public…private… It’s. Just. Normal. Which is fine. Then I have this other group of friends… They smoke. Cigarettes. See. You were about to be OK with [...]