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Crystal Renaud — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:58:15 -0000

i'm still mad that you can roll your rrrr's and i can't.

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juliebelle — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:58:21 -0000

this reminds me of Ben Folds' "One Angry Dwarf" song. It's brilliant, all nicely bundled up in 4 short minutes.

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brewster — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:34:13 -0000

YES! totally. Get off your ass and work it out. LOVE IT.

It's Time (not the winans version)

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Dave © — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:54:32 -0000

I am a big fan of anyone who is genuinely attempting to submit to and serve our great God...and that definitely includes you, Los!

Keep up the great work for HIM!!

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Shame — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:56:01 -0000

I had to close my facebook account more than a year ago because I realized that I was reading too much into and analyzing other people's lives. I guess I was jealous, but more importantly, I was just sad that my life wasn't as great as there's. I later read a blog that said people don't really put who they really are on Facebook and MySpace as much as they put who they want you to think they are. Not that they lie. But they definitely don't put the bad stuff. That made me feel a little better, but I know enough to know that I should stay away from social networking sites.

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Matthew — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:28:53 -0000

Storyteller you are. Remember when you convinced me that Eddie had some kind of equilibrium problems and that is why he had to wear a helmet?

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MICHAEL MANASSEH — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:28:43 -0000

Well put, I couldn't agree more.

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Terrace Crawford — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:04:26 -0000

good post. [not that they aren't all good]

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jbstansel — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:59:32 -0000

As someone who is NEVER satisfied with who I am, I can say I totally understand what you are saying. A year ago this month I discovered I could sing, and I can honestly say this has been both the most interesting and miserable year I have probably ever had. Why can't we just be cool with who we are and what we've got? I led worship over the weekend at a youth/highschool event and it was recorded. I'll be getting those mp3s later on tonight and I am terrified of what I will hear; instead of being satisfied that we had an amazing two sessions of worship where the Spirit made His presence known, I am worried about my tone, pitch, and technique.

That is so horribly backwards.

Sometimes I like to imagine a church where people had no expectations except that Jesus will love us, God will Father us, and the Spirit will move, because I wonder if only then will I be able to stop this bullsh-t nonsense of comparing myself to other people and always being let down. And it's interesting that I have read and reread this comment twice now to make sure it sounds cool so that other people will read it and then want to read my stupid blog.

Erg.

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Shanda — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:40:38 -0000

Thanks...After years of trying to be cool, I'm finally cool with just being me.

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Robin Rane — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:21:34 -0000

Love it Los.
When I see someone excel, I think: 'Wow, God is so awesome to create him/her with those amazing qualities!'

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Joni — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:15:08 -0000

Yep. Blogoworld is definitely the cafeteria in high school. Maybe more so Junior High. And I've never wanted to be like you Los. No, that's not true. I do.

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West — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:58:33 -0000

I would love to have a popular blog and have people think I'm cool...but I'm just not.

My job is cool.....but I'm not...and I'm just not that interesting....

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barnettblend — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:13:25 -0000

Very true... loved this post.

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The Wingnut — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:18:41 -0000

I find myself in this post. So much it hurts.

When I was in grade school, I used to be mad at my friends because they weren't the "cool" people I though I should hang out with.

I get jealous of our pastor because he is so wildly successful and I think I could be too.

I could be the creative writer, or the gifted teacher. I could hang out with the popular kids.

But then I read posts like this, and I am reminded that all of that is just a "chasing after the wind".

Thank you for reminding me that the only thing standing in my way is me.

wingnut

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Ben (of BenandJacq) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:55:09 -0000

Thanks for this post, Los. Its so refreshing to see somebody recognizing that a good rank on technorati and some money flowing in from blog ads is not the point.

Reminds me of the CS Lewis quote "Aim mainly at heaven and you get earth thrown in. Aim mainly at earth and you get neither."

We could rewrite that "Aim for Jesus with your blog and you (may) get a high technorati ranking thrown in (but even if you don't, you get JESUS). Aim at a high technorati ranking with your blog and you get neither it nor Jesus, but just a blog that is bitter and attempts to hijack others' success."

Just my thoughts on the matter. Oh, and you all should check out my blog. It's cooler than Carlos'. (I couldn't help myself)

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emily — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:18:31 -0000

Good stuff......

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jesse phillips — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:57:06 -0000

HELL YEAH, Los! Plus, we're all different parts of the body! We don't need two Los's. It's not about popularity, etc, as you said, it's about us working together as a body, rejoicing with those who rejoice and mourning with those who mourn.

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supersimbo — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:55:46 -0000

DUDE I LOVE YOU!
if you were not reading damn emails like those you could get time to reply to my question about music/worship ministry set up stuff! I suffer from jealousy in many areas of life but never in the blog stuff, i joke that i am jealous of you & others like you BUT its just me hiding behind a man crush & deep down i know that if i had the balls to do what you do i could also command an audience this large. In the meantime, i will continue to be inspired and wonder what your bicep feels like!

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Shifty — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:38:49 -0000

I'm no worship leader or employed by the church in any way - just a follower of my man Jesus who reads your blog cuz I dig the transparency.

But you ain't all THAT - and I think I'm hearing you say you know that. I mean here's a dude who shaves his head cuz he's balding and wears a hat on a day that he didn't have time to shave.

See? He's human - he has inadequacies like the rest of us. He may walk the line between cocky and confident (you're not THAT great of a storyteller) but he does know social marketing well - and like I said before - he stays transparent and that is what I love most about visiting this blog.

Ya know what you're gonna get when ya come here. You're gonna get honesty. Openness. Truth. Painful realizations. And THAT makes for compelling reading anytime (story telling, formatting and spelling/grammar check aside).

Thanks for the blog Los. I like it.

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Gary Humble — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:07:02 -0000

Love it! Thanks for being real. I'm just another one of those worship leader dudes who reads your blog. But I'm quite happy not being you, though you're pretty cool.

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leoschmidt08 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:34:04 -0000

The cool thing about blogs is that they can help us be transparent and authentic (even if a little jaded). You may show a few shades towards the happier side of your life, but you are being real and you are being yourself. That has to be tough for people to swallow or accept.

Okay, enough rambling. I am going to go out and better... not better than you, but better than I was yesterday. :)

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PastorT — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:49:16 -0000

Freakin awesome Arnie!!!! Amen to you!

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Danae — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:26:33 -0000

Very well put........

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tyler — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:51:12 -0000

so im not good at reading thru comments and seeing what other people think about writers think but i did like the reference to "big hairy balls" by Heidi. pretty awesome.

and...

the words of the post are good, awesome. i'm that guy wanting to be better, and i'm learning how to go out and live my own life rather than wishing i was living someone elses, but...the one thing that i can't get thru my head is why is the 'r' in "Resistance" capitalized?

i may or may not lose sleep over this...