Ragamuffin Soul

So I led worship at this conference this weekend.
The conference was in Memphis TN.
One of the most racially divided cities in America.
As I walked out on stage before the first set I saw white, black, asian, hispanic, and many other races.
When I walked off stage I no longer saw any race.
I’ll be the first one to admit I was nervous how these different cultures would come together and go after it.  Well.  That worry lasted all of about one measure.  They ALL went after it together when rock and roll happened and then when hip hop happened.
It’s only been a little over 2 years since I left Sandals Church but I’ve already forgotten what that looks like.
And at the end of the entire event…
I couldn’t help but ask myself why our churches are not more racially diverse?
The easy answer is we like to hang with our own.
I get it.
But I want the hard answer…
Because what I saw this weekend…
Well, heaven is going to look A LOT more like this weekend and A LOT less like what you experience on a Sunday morning.

Chew and spit on that ragamuffins…
Los

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
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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