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rebecca dufresne — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:30:14 -0000

I came here by way of "rocks in my dryer". We're an all-vanilla family who adopted a daughter from China a year ago. I think I may be a soccer mom, but I'm not sure what a soccer mom is. Are you still a soccer mom if your kids don't play soccer?

I like the wholeness of your blog. I like the different perspective. Your outsides are way different than mine, but our insides seem amazingly similar.

I'm tired of labels. Why so many labels in the world?

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Loran — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:35:48 -0000

I laugh out loud every time I think of you bolting out of the womens locker room at your gym....

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Loran — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:34:23 -0000

IT:
makes me laugh
makes me cry
teaches me stuff
helps me to grow
challenges me
pushes me to try something different
keeps me from "ministry tunnel vision"
is just plain fun....

keep hope alive los!

Re: Ragamuffin Soul » Your Mom Reads My Blog

Terry — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:56:26 -0000

because i'm my kid's mom and i feel a little cooler and more fun being able to talk about what you're talking about.

can't remember how i stumbled here not too long ago,though.

the videos of your family adopting from korea were what i first noticed and i was in tears as you were over there.

in short, your blog makes me laugh, cry, and think.

and i don't do those as much as i should -so muchos gracias!

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Crisp — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:17:02 -0000

Because I love you bro!

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gotnoblue — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:16:27 -0000

sos i can steal ideas for my new blog - going live tomorrow and hopefully get some conversation going here in my neck o' the woods.

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gbrad@mag — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:14:40 -0000

Dude, I read your blog 'cuz it allows be to get to know you even better than when you were @ sandals (I don't get out much and if I had the time to hang out you'd be da coolest)
Real may hurt but joy 'll come in the morn. GOD is good all da time!!!

Re: Ragamuffin Soul » Your Mom Reads My Blog

kim — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:09:27 -0000

as said about 458 times above, you've given us all permission to be random and authentic. Filters off. It's contagious. Thank you.

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Shanda — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:29:28 -0000

I read your blog because I never know what I'm going to get... you've intrigued me! Now I must explore!

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Bekah — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:44:14 -0000

You are the coolest guy I've never met. You are honest, real, funny, spastic, confident, vulnerable, passionate, and so much more.

When I tell people about stuff that you say on the blog I find myself saying, "a friend of mine said..."
When the day is dragging I know that I can pull up my google reader and I can touch base with the outside world.

Don't change a thing. Don't fall into a pigeon hole (pigeons are disgusting, nobody like pigeons and I can just imagine how undesirable their holes are)

Re: Ragamuffin Soul » Your Mom Reads My Blog

Luke Dooley — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:58:42 -0000

Los... I read your blog because it's a trip bro. The post about flipping the dude off at your gym had me rolling. Don't narrow anything... keep the mess coming. It's encouraging to all of us messy people to know that even Northpoint peeps are messy! ha.

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Todd Bell — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:55:20 -0000

because it is refreshing--encouraging bits of info on life and ministry mixed with some great, honest glimpses into real life--thanks!

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Jenni Catron — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:05:18 -0000

Makes me laugh... I love the fresh, honest, random church leader perspective.

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Steve — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:22:33 -0000

Because everyone loves a trainwreck! J/K. I read this blog because its not some Myspace niche group that focuses solely on one thing. It does perfectly what a blog is supposed to do. Connect your life and heart with others. You're a little odd, but so am I or else I wouldn't be on thise site.

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Julie McIver — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:02:20 -0000

Why ask why? I got hooked after my soninlaw chris told me about this blog. Such craziness. Thanks for your honesty.

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Matt Bunk — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:29:51 -0000

You update constantly which is a must for a repeat read blog. You talk about worship and I lead worship. You work for a big church group and that's fascinating to me. Watching the tight rope walk between church and spectacle. And your honest. Honest almost to a fault and that is what I think makes the best blogs.

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Rodge — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:35:51 -0000

you still owe me $10

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lynse leanne — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:55:45 -0000

ummm...becuase you are open and real. and you keep me entertained.

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loswhit — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:25:57 -0000

So after reading all of these I have garnered one thing...
We pretty much are all crazy.
:)

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rags — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:12:45 -0000

Because you are crazy man, and coming to your blog makes me feel less crazy... and that way also I can discover when I need to 'UP' my craziness. You are my measure of how crazy to be. ... err in case the rest of the guys are wondering, I'm really talking about being crazy for Jesus.

Keep blogging man, don't niche or anything of that sort. We have to be multi(or zulti)-dimensional!

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Daniel Roberts — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:13:39 -0000

Carlos, I'm about to attempt the same authenticity and transparency that makes your blog great (even if at 1 AM it's gonna lack the creativity). There are two reasons I read your blog. I volunteered on the production team there almost every Sunday for a couple years. The people under you mean a lot to me (especially Josh, he rocks), and this is kind of a way to keep tabs on them. The second reason is a little more personal. I read your blog because it gives me hope. I'm currently in grad school, getting ready to get married (yet I live 150 miles from my fiancee), and working as the technical coordinator at a church that treats "excellence" as though it was a sign of devil worship. Not to mention they hand out buckets of responsibility and thimbles of authority to chase it down with. I read your blog like a boy reading the story of Buzz Aldrin. While I am working diligently to make whatever impact I can in my present state, you are what I want to be when I grow up.

Lest I leave it there, things are looking up. I'm moving to Chattanooga in a month, so I'll be close to my finacee and have a new job (now I've just got to find it).

Thanks for letting us into your life, it goes great with google reader and a bowl of Kashi Go-Lean Crunch in the mornings.

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Coni Andress — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:18:58 -0000

I am one of the Moms who reads your blog. I am 55 years old, creative, sometimes even witty. Following your blog makes me stop and think. My answers to your questions challenge me. Your freedom to be yourself challenges me. I don't want to lose a passion for Jesus in my busy life. Your writing somehow reminds not to take myself too seriously and your stuff inspires me to write on my blog. Plus, look at all the people who you touch with your blog! If it aint broke, don't fix it.

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Brad Metzger — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:49:46 -0000

Because you answer my questions.

Oh, wait. Nevermind.

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Diana — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:41:42 -0000

I read because it inspires me to be real and reminds me that other people struggle with things just like I do so I'm not alone in this big bad world we call home for the short span of that we're here.

Re: Ragamuffin Soul » Your Mom Reads My Blog

Daniel — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:22:18 -0000

Because you are on staff at the coolest church in America working under the most innovative team in the church world. I love your blog great stuff you rock my face off. Would love to meet you some day! Maybe at Unleash!!!