Ragamuffin Soul

THE WINNER OF THE CONTEST IS DEREK PAULO FROM SO CAL!!! Bring your dancin shoes Derek.  It’s gonna be on…   It’s simple. 70 watches sell… 1 kid gets off the streets in Rwanda and is fed and educated for ONE YEAR. Simple. Meet Janvier Nkundimana. The newest soon to be member of the Ragamuffin [...]

This very well could be on my top 5 favorite movie scenes of all time. Take a listen… Now stop living in that safe song you are singing. The normal one. Start living the soul ripping song you were meant to sing. It’s better that way. Los

Listen. Here is what I believe. I believe that God created art. I believe that God created all people who craft His art. Jay-Z might not know that the beats and cadence he got came from something greater than him. Spielberg may not know that the gift of directing a movie came from someone much [...]

I was talking with Matthew this morning in Starbucks. He just hired a house keeper. Cause you know how he rolls. He said something interesting. “When you look at your own mess, and have been living in your own mess for so long, you forget how to properly clean it up. So you have to [...]

Wives, you have no need to worry about Siri and your man. I finally found her and we are all good. Los

Pete said something in his message yesterday that is still sitting with me. When, ever, has cynicism healed anything? This completely kicked my ass. Like hard. Here’s the deal. I am the king of them. Cynics. I have been on staff at mega churches, gone on 2 really large CCM tours, live in Nashville TN, [...]

She bought it with her own money. She asked me to help her put it together. I made it 2 hours and only had 1/4 of it done. I had to go run my 7 mile marathon training run. I got back home. She whispered to her mommy…”I think daddy might be too tired to [...]

I got this off my friend Matthew’s blog. It’s dripping with captions… Bring it. Caption Please… Los

Here’s the deal. My friend Keith, and an OG Creative Coaching alumni has just released a new album. And I guess he learned something in our creative coaching, because he has an idea that I think is a fantastic way for artists to get their music out. Will you play along in our little social [...]

My girls love Barbies, donuts, pizza, and Taylor Swift. So it wasn’t a suprise when my then 7 year old Seanna told us she wanted a Taylor Swift birthday party. But if you know the Whittakers, you know that did not mean Taylor Swift cups and plates from Walmart. Our friend Jenny Acuff, the better [...]