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gbrad@mag — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:34:31 -0000

Whoo! Real . . . with ourselves, others, and GOD. May GOD get the glory for stripping away all of our worldly foolishness.

Ragamuffin soul . . . means Carlos Whittaker living wide open unashamed for GOD as He shapes him for holiness.

Hard work GOD does on us, but when He's through we are worthy to be in His hallowed presence.

grace and peace

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Isaac — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:48:21 -0000

you're right. oh well. if that's the worst decision I make today then I think I'm doing alright.

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PastorT — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:35:11 -0000

You just did an awesome thing Isaac! Proud of ya!
Still not sure I would have left my phone number on a blog that has thousands of readers :-).
God bless you!

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Isaac — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:22:19 -0000

Hey Los,

My name's Isaac, and I've followed your blog since you had it over on Typepad. Anyway, I wanted to apologize to you - because I'm that guy that posted the insulting and inappropriate comments on your blog this afternoon.

I honestly don't know what came over me... I was having a really bad day at work, and was nearing the edge of losing my temper - and then I read your post and for some reason I took it the wrong way and it just set me off... you saw the result. That doesn't excuse it, but that's how it happened.

As hard as it may be to believe, I'm not prone to lose my temper - and I can't remember posting a hateful comment like that in my entire life. I'm absolutely ashamed. I respect you as a brother in Christ and the ministry you have both at Buckhead Church and online. Your blog HAS ministered to me and encouraged me over the years, and despite my PMS-ness, it is a great community.

Oh, one other thing - if you'd like to continue to 'roast' me publicly, I'd totally understand - but my employer is actually a great place with a lot of people who contain more self-control and apparently more emotional stability than I do. Tell people my name and phone number as frequently as you'd like (it's at the bottom of this email), but remember that it was me that wrote it - not them. They're innocent.

Finally, just to show that I'm not doing this as a cowardly way to back out in secret, I'm also posting this on your blog and mine. Hopefully this will indicate to you that I am being sincere.

--
isaac downing // mobile 309.472.9181 // isaacdowning.com

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brandi — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:45:09 -0000

"Oh. And “John”. I’ll be sure not to tell your co-workers at Samaritans Purse your real name. So you can hide from them too."

i just laughed so hard i almost spit out my sweet tea. that was amazing. thank you, los, for being awesome.

thank you, john, for being the pansy catalyst to amazingly hilarious quotes. :)

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Silvana — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:09:11 -0000

Man there are some haters out there....I think it's hilarious that this "John" dude forgot about technology - IP addresses....LOL

Btw, Ragamuffin Soul reminds me of Rich Mullins...

Silvana

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ruthanne — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:31:41 -0000

wow - i'd just like to say "john" if you feel that way - why are you still reading the blog. if you don't agree with what carlos is doing here that just leave it be and move along - there is so much more internet out there - there is no need for you to be nasty.

Los - Ragamuffin soul means to me that in my heart of hearts - my soul - is dirty and depraved - but i have the love and grace of a savior - and that is why i praise Him - psalm 63:3

looking forward to the night of worship tomorrow night.

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PastorT — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:27:30 -0000

a·non·y·mous
lacking individuality, unique character, or distinction: an endless row of drab, anonymous houses.

Oh, it just doesn't get any better than that!!! :-)

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Josh — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:17:21 -0000

"John", bro...why you gotta hate like that?

Let me just say this...I've never even had a conversation with Los, yet...but all I know is that his blog has (and continues to) change my life.

Ragamuffin Soul? it's meaning to me?......a willingness to continually strip away my inner pride and lay my naked, ugly, broken, messed up self in the dust at my Creator's feet.

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Los — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:23:51 -0000

Oh. And "John". I'll be sure not to tell your co-workers at Samaritans Purse your real name. So you can hide from them too.

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John — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:18:36 -0000

you're welcome.

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Los — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:58:43 -0000

That was amazing.
Anonymous people write the most amazing things.
Too bad it means nothing without a name.
But brilliant none the less.
Keep surfing the web anonymously.

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John — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:17:08 -0000

It's your personal website where you engage in completely self-absorbed rants with occasional spiritual gems, and you actually believe your line that a bunch of people coming to hear YOU rant every day on this site is an equal-level "community" of authentic believers and that it isn't the ego-trip everyone else knows it to be.

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Chelsea — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:46:29 -0000

It reminds me that when I get to heaven Rich Mullins is going to give me hammered dulcimer lessons. Can't wait.

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bianca — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:56:43 -0000

raggamuffin soul. A man who's real about his life and his ministry. A ministry that can reach milions of people via internet. An internet blog that makes ppl laugh and think and explore what God has called them too. Seeing people as souls instead of as mere human beings.

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Gabriel McGee — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:19:52 -0000

I believe that Ragamuffin Soul is the story of a man. a retched man. but that god still loves him, him and his retched soul. everyone is retched, they just don't know it yet.

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ash — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:13:27 -0000

at first, the name reminds me of red-headed dolls eating breakfast. =]

got the new Hillsong CD. ace.

--ash
www.agenesislife.wordpress.com

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Loran — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:47:36 -0000

To me...Ragamuffin would be a person or thing that by itself if unfinished - not perfect - seeking love - desire to be accepted - humble...and in then adding the soul would indicate these descriptive terms coming from ones soul.

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Matt Clark — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:40:39 -0000

I always thought of Rich Mullins & the Ragamuffin Band — Jesus Record!

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Jesse — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:32:36 -0000

1st, it means I'm a royal mess, 2nd, now I'm God's mess.

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Tabitha — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:45:49 -0000

What does Ragamuffin Soul mean to me? A great blog to read.
One that is transforming the way I think about church, especially big churches.

Before Ragamuffin Soul I wouldn't have thought that you could use video colors to lead praise and worship. (it was a creative chaos post.) My mind is being challenged daily.

Ragamuffin Soul also means being real, relevant, and fun. I mean come on how many christian blogs do you read where you get to watch a Snoop Dogg video?

Thanks for keeping it real!

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rob — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:34:59 -0000

Truth be told... a heavy-set ragtime/blues band.

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Brad Ruggles — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:22:58 -0000

Ragamuffin Soul means...

Unashamed stat ho...

On every Christian bloggers blogroll on the planet...

My blogging man-crush.

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alexsandra — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:38:48 -0000

Years ago we were living in downtown Toronto and from our apartment balcony we could see children playing on the sidewalk and the tiny patch of grass beside it. We called them ragamuffins. That's why I clicked on to your blog all those many months ago. I remembered the ragamuffins.
The children seemed forlorn, scruffy...somehow like they were missing something...they were outside alone for hours...it made me sad to see them playing in the city.
Now...ragamuffin has taken on new meaning...I think we are all like those children. Playing in this world...sometimes forlorn, sometimes happily oblivious in our present place.
And we're waiting for our Father to take us to a better place to play.

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jordan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:30:42 -0000

It makes me think that I am like that stale, 2 day old blueberry muffin that is all crumbly and stuff without God's provision of grace to moisten me back up. Okay, kidding about that first metaphor.