Carlos Whittaker – Ragamuffin Soul available today

If you’re a participant in blog-world or twitter-land you are probably familiar with Carlos Whittaker (blog|twitter|viral video) so you have likely heard that his album “Ragamuffin Soul” (taken from the name of his blog) has released today around the world. We did a giveaway of his EP back in January and I received a copy of the full CD from the good folks at Integrity a couple of weeks ago. There are some good songs here.

In reality, though, this isn’t an album about great songs or catchy melodies or insightful lyrics. This is an album about a movement, about what God is doing in and through the life of a very unique man and his family. I was talking with a friend a couple of weeks ago and I said to him that it seems like Los has this incredible ability to step in to poop-filled situations over and over again yet always come out smelling like roses. In the four years that I’ve known him through re:create I’ve seen that scenario play out a bunch of times.

So.. don’t buy this CD because it’s a bunch of great songs or because you’re looking for the next worship hit, buy this CD because you believe that God works through ordinary guys like Carlos and that he is going to continue bringing the light of Christ in to poop-filled situations involving people who need to hear about the hope, the grace, the  mercy, the compassion of our God.