Ragamuffin Soul

I don’t censor my blog comments. I just don’t. I mean if someone is being a complete @$$, I’ll let them for a moment and then shut them up. I’m not here to make friends. I’m here to have honest conversation that disturbs and disrupts people to see Christ’s face fresh again. Here are a [...]

Critics. They are actually valuable. To the ones that say just ignore the critics and only listen to the supporters, I say you will become stale and irrelevant in no time. But for every truth from a critic there is truth from a supporter. It is how you see the truth in the critics that [...]

I honestly would never watch a 9 minute video on YouTube. You don’t have to watch the video to get the point… …But every 45 seconds, when I would try to close the window, I simply couldn’t. I want to know what would come after your I’m or I statement… The broadcasting squad at Liberty [...]

The only reason I can’t completely mock this picture is because I definitely rock a mild to mini sag. How about you? Do you rock a sag? Or do you pull them boys up to where you are singing soprano? What do you prefer? Sag or no sag? Los

There is going to be a moment where it all seems to much. It is. There is going to be a moment where you want to throw your hands up and walk away. You can. There is going to be a moment where you want to spit in the face of love. You might. There [...]

You’re Welcome, Los

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So it’s time again. Last session we have 10 AMAZING creatives join me for my Creative Coaching… A Photographer A Project Manager A Social Media Ninja A Producer A Event Planner A Worship Leader A Media Director And a few other amazing creatives. I took them through my ideation system and watched them deconstruct and [...]

It happened so fast. We were in the Memphis airport getting off one plane and walking on another. I’d just spent 22 days straight with my kids. I was tired. We were almost home. The 9 year old… “Daddy? Will you read this to me?” “Can I do it on the plane when we get [...]

Hey kid.  Quit looking at me like that.  You know it works… You were only 7 months old. So small. So tiny. So perfect. It was cloudy outside and the roar of Korean diesel trucks was louder than our failed attempt of thanks happening inside that fluorescent lit room. There were a few things hanging [...]