CaroleTurner's Comments

The Church of No People : I Have My Doubts About This

Fri, 8 Jan 2010 23:26:28 +0000

Here' s my issue with faith healing, I believe it happens but I don't believe it happens the way 99% of people who believe in it believe it happens. One story, a friend of mine was dieing of cancer, he was 42 years old, loved God, we all miss hm terribly. One night just before he died some old friends came to see him. One friend was a morbidly obese man who had recently undergone gastric by pass surgery. His recovery was going really bad and he almost didn't get clearance from his doctor to travel from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, an hour drive, to see George (that was my friend who was dieing's name) He had a hole inside his stomach the size a a quarter that had been refusing to heal since his surgery over two months prior. They had talked of opening him back up. But he did get to go see George and together with other old friends they joined hands and prayed for Georges healing. George was believing for this healing. But it didn't come. The next day George died and the friend went to the doctor so they could check his hole in his stomach but they found the hole had shrunk, over night , to the size of a small pea! Healing was there, just not for George. Also this friend recommitted his life to God after this miracle and seeing George have such strong faith. He had not been serving God for many years until this happened. My recent post No One Cares About Your Cause Because Your Rude, Judgemental and You Don't Live It!

Stuff Christians Like - Jon Acuff : Meeting Jon Acuff.

Fri, 8 Jan 2010 21:54:07 +0000

Amazingly wonderful funny stuff.

Stuff Christians Like - Jon Acuff : My new favorite thing is free for you.

Sat, 3 Oct 2009 19:10:11 +0000

I wont be at Catalyst but I will be at Story and I would really, really love to have a Booty God Booty Button!!

Ragamuffin Soul : People Will Never Respect You Because Of What You're ABOUT To Do

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:29:56 +0000

I spent MOST of my 20's surviving, my 30's dreaming and now my 40's I'm living. It is the hardest, most stretching thing to do. It's completely unsafe, but like I always say, and want to get a shirt that says it, "Safe is Overrated".

Ragamuffin Soul : Trying To Find My Ragamuffin Soul

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:55:21 +0000

I like the new design a lot, is Heather ok with just her boob representing her? :-) I am a humor junkie. I love to laugh and I also love to be inspired and challenged, I get all that here...that's why I come back. Dig it! Dig it hard!

Ragamuffin Soul : What The Church Can Learn From The Black Eyed Peas

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:59:14 +0000

That is so cool!!! Like Oprah said. Your absolutely right, people would dance if we the worship leaders lead with uninhibited freedom and love for and belief in what we were singing. I'm not there yet as a church stage dweller, I believe it but I have yet to really get lost in the words, the music. Thanks for encouraging us worship leaders to think outside the box.

Ragamuffin Soul : To Create Familiar Or Unfamiliar...That Is The Worship Service Question

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:34:16 +0000

I totally get what you are saying! I would say I felt the same for MANY years even after becoming a Christian. Now as someone who stands on the stage, leading worship (im not the main singer, back up) I can see the faces of the completely board and freaked out in the crowd. I actually pray for them sometime while I am singing. And I also know that my heart, up there on that stage, has to be showing Jesus. Somehow, I have to reflect humility, worship, strength, be completely uninhibited in my praise to Him and not controlled by the fact that people are watching. I have to get lost in Him and pray hard that the lost open their hearts to His presence.

Ragamuffin Soul : To Create Familiar Or Unfamiliar...That Is The Worship Service Question

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:21:10 +0000

I help lead worship at Healing Place Church-Baton Rouge Dream Center Campus. It is located in the inner city, the zip code with the most murders, drug arrest and gang related violence. The campus was one year old in May. And this year, trying to figure out "how, who, why" for worship has been quite a journey. Our issue is, we all come from Healing Place, which does 90% Hillsong but we are attempting to lead a lot of people into worship that feel led more into worship with something like "Kirk Franklin" BUT we also have 30% of the congregation that are white or Hispanic. SO, finding the right mix, for all of them, got kinda crazy. We as a band had to agree to set aside what we liked or didn't like and start thinking about who we were trying to reach with the worship, God and man, lead the racially diverse crowd into worship and worship ourselves. BUT putting the congregations need above ours. NOW we do a mix of MANY different styles, some Israel, Jesus Culture, Franklin, Maneasy, Johnathan Stockstill, and we find that HE is there. We enter in and The congregation does. From the homesless guys, prostitutes, Kids from the Teen shelter, to the Real Estate agents and brokers. I love going to a church that looks and sounds like diversity. I love worshiping with ALL of these people.

Ragamuffin Soul : What Are Your Thoughts On Clarity and Creativity?

Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:35:37 +0000

Very educational. I am learning and loving it. Tks.

Ragamuffin Soul : A Collision Of The Two

Tue, 1 Sep 2009 14:09:52 +0000

gosh, daily.

Ragamuffin Soul : Should adults or students be leading students in worship and why?

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:42:08 +0000

I think whoever is fine. I posted today about the worship leader at our campus, he's 21 yrs old, we are all MUCH older then him, I was actually his room mate when he was 6 months old cuz' I lived with his parents just after he was born and him and I shared a room.He's like a nephew to me. He's humble, free, kind and wants more then anything to lead people into worship. We (the team leading with him) catch his freedom, his joy, like a spreading rash, so does the congregation. So, I think age doesn't matter, it's the heart. As a side though I will say, jealousy is what causes many I know to NOT like the younger generation to lead. I have heard back up worship leaders say "well so and so has been here longer, they should be leading, not her, she's too young.." stuff like that.

Ragamuffin Soul : Worship Leader BootCamp

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:02:27 +0000

FIRST UP: Tambourine, should they be used of not? SECOND: Mic stands vs no mic stands. WHy? Why not? ( I personally LOVE the Mic stand) THIRD: Whats it all about: relax. have fun as if you were singing to the one that makes your heart sing,so sing from that singing heart, sing for the one you live for..and others will follow.

Ragamuffin Soul : Dear Mr. Graham, Ms. Teresa, Mr. Chan, Mrs. Meyer

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:00:24 +0000

Very good question.

Ragamuffin Soul : What I'm Doing

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:59:55 +0000

did you get that book? The War of Art? I think if you had, you'd a blogged about it so I'm gonna say again, you need to read it. IT's amazing and I honestly think you would get a lot out of it...maybe one day you will be at Barnes and Nobel and say to yourself "I better get that 'War of Art' Book so that Carole Turner will quit bugging me about it. :-) Cool.

Ragamuffin Soul : Creative Writing Lesson // A Lesson In Words

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:56:39 +0000

Kickin' fear in the teeth white she-devil!

Ragamuffin Soul : This Is My Life

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:06:05 +0000

I started blogging one month before Hurricane Katrina Hit here, August 29th 2005. I don't think it was much past that when I started reading your blog so I actually have seen the progress. Very cool. Remember the days before blogging? Before Twitter? SO crazy how communication and connection to others has changed and how quickly! I dig it. I love how small it makes the world. I love that we can become friends with others, share lives to some degree with others, and learn from others in these new forums. Here's to 4 great years and the greater years to come..ALL FOR HIM. Rock on!

PinkHairedGirl.net : New Comment System

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:46:59 +0000

Broken a bone either. Been to New Zeeland or Oxford England (both places I want to visit)

Ragamuffin Soul : Art For Huruma - IT'S FINISHED!!!

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 17:03:44 +0000

I have a childrenscup.org shirt that is my favorite it's black with a red continent of Africa on it and on the back it says "It's about the Children". I will soon be printing up some cool t's myself. These you are promoting are amazing!! I absolutely love them.

Ragamuffin Soul : The Great Hot Assistant Debate

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 18:21:21 +0000

I am 42 years old, I have been married for 15 wonderful years to a dream of a husband. We communicate, we have sex regularly , we say we love you when we hang up, we are soul mates that love each other more today then we did 15 years ago. and I would NOT be ok with him having a hot assistant nor him me. I have friends who thought they're marriage could withstand hot assistants, they thought going to lunch with another man was ok, they thought they would never be divorce, but they are. MANY, too many really 15 20 year marriages falling apart because people think they are above the temptation. SO, I said all that to say, ask older married people what they think and listen to them. Don't blow them off as being out of touch, cuz' they actually are more in touch with the reality of how things affect a marriage, men, women, and all that. I say, let a guy be your assistant and avoid any problem..that is of course if your not dealing with a gay issue :-)

Ragamuffin Soul : But Has Your Family Hit "Unfollow"?

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 21:01:40 +0000

Yea, I think "this" world can suck you in big time if you let it. I have before, I will admit that. Now, I try to set boundaries, time frames, etc and it helps. Always a balancing act that's for sure. God help us all.