Ragabuffin is based on the true story of Rich Mullins, a musical prodigy who ascended to Christian music stardom and prosperity only to abandon his career and relocate to the Native American Navajo reservation. Richard Rich, an artistic genius raised on a tree farm in Indiana by a weathered and harsh father, has struggled his entire life with the brokenness and paralyzing insecurities that resulted from his upbringing. Rich, a devout follower of Jesus and outspoken critic of the church, refused to let his battles with alcoholism, addiction, and women to separate him from the God he was destined to love. As he wrestled with prosperity in Nashville, depression in Wichita, and oblivion in the Four Corners, Rich established himself as one of the first people of his generation to live honestly in the midst of a religious and conformity-based culture.
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Ragabuffin is based on the true story of Rich Mullins, a musical prodigy who ascended to Christian music stardom and prosperity only to abandon his career and relocate to the Native American Navajo reservation. Richard Rich, an artistic genius raised on a tree farm in Indiana by a weathered and harsh father, has struggled his entire life with the brokenness and paralyzing insecurities that resulted from his upbringing. Rich, a devout follower of Jesus and outspoken critic of the church, refused to let his battles with alcoholism, addiction, and women to separate him from the God he was destined to love. As he wrestled with prosperity in Nashville, depression in Wichita, and oblivion in the Four Corners, Rich established himself as one of the first people of his generation to live honestly in the midst of a religious and conformity-based culture.
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