The Mixed Bag

I read this today from The Language of Letting Go: 

"Life is challenging.  Sometimes, there's more pain than we asked for; sometimes, there's more joy than we imagined."

That is one description of the Ragamuffin life.  If I'm not careful, I get caught up in the "pain" and it overshadows the "joy."  It is a mixed bag.  My goal for today is that in emptying the bag, I take out all of the contents, not just the pain.

What is your plan for today?

Following the Ragamuffin...

A number of my contacts have told me they either have a copy of the Ragamuffin Gospel or are getting it.  If you would like to borrow a copy, the public library may have one.  Someone told me that is where they got theirs.

Tomorrow, I meet with some of my fellow ragamuffins to paint a homeless mission in downtown Portland, OR.  Just a group of ragamuffins helping another group of ragamuffins.

I am officially retiring from chaplaincy on December 1, 2010.  Moving on to the Second Chapter of my life (or is it the third, or fourth...?).

Who will be the first author to post on my ramblings?