Ragamuffin Soul

If you walked into your church gathering next week…
And could only sing one song…
What song would that be?
Los

It’s been years that I have been struggling with this term.
I know what is meant.
But seriously?
That is a pretty arrogant term.
Arrogant because the job that it describes is something I would only deem Billy Graham and St. Francis assume.
Not me.
But I get it.
And it is one that I use almost daily.
So yes, I’m spittin’ out [...]

It’s Saturday night.
For almost 13 straight years I had to get up at the butt crack of dawn on Sundays to go sing, setup, and swear.
Tomorrow I’m going to sleep in and head to Buckhead Church for the 11 o’clock service.
Ahhhhhhh.
None of this going on tomorrow.

My Day Yesterday – My Sunday from Carlos Whittaker on [...]

Lately there are 2 camps of worship services I lead at.
There is the aggressively worshiping congregation where you go after it from jump street.
First timer, Old timer. They grab hands and sprint towards the goal of experiencing God in the room.
The service is designed to experience the manifest presence of God through the elements, [...]

The kid in the red shirt above is Forrest.
I don’t know much of his story but I do know this.
He is 15 years old and led the lifechurch.tv north campus in worship this morning.
He is awkward. He is lanky. He is not a “pro”.
He is also genuine and not trying to be something [...]