Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

October 2007

  • The Halloween Menu

    I don’t see how kids do it.  One of the teachers at the Training Station gave me two pieces of Halloween cake today, along with a juice box.  Good stuff, but my system has OD’d on sweets.  To think of the kids eating that and then downing a bunch of candy tonight….  Oy….. Continue reading

  • Kindergarten Pumpkin Patch

    Yesterday I went with Carolyn’s kindergarten class to visit the pumpkin patch.  It was Wright’s Market, the one we went to with Riley & Jenna a couple weeks ago.  The kids went through the corn maze, went on a hayride, picked pumpkins, had a snack, fed goats, and ate lunch. There was one little guy… Continue reading

  • Best New Website On the Internet

    The world of www dot is now better than ever before.  My wife has designed a website for her class, which you can see here.  I sure could use a big dose of kindergarten teacher creativity. Enjoy! Continue reading

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  • ACC Conference & Mexican Food

    Last Friday night Carolyn and I drove to Oxford, Pennsylvania, to spend the night at Michael & Kristen’s new house (that’s her sister, and her sister’s husband). The house is new for them, but not new–it was built in 1888. Pretty cool. They’ve done a lot to it! On Saturday morning Carolyn’s parents met us… Continue reading

  • Sin

    Yesterday at CrossWay we talked about sin.  We’re in a three-week miniseries about people.  Last week we looked at how we were designed for a relationship with God, relationships with each other, and to take care of our planet.  Yesterday we examined how our sin has messed up all of those designs. For week three… Continue reading

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  • ACC Annual Meeting

    Exciting post title, huh?  Today my father-in-law and I went to our church conference’s annual gathering in the Lancaster, PA area.  It was actually pretty cool.  I’ll write more about it later when I’m not 96% exhausted. Continue reading

  • Let It Rain, Let It Rain, Let It Rain

    It’s been raining for three days.  I love it!  Aahhh, there’s nothing as peaceful, cozy, soothing, and invigorating as a rainy autumn day. Continue reading

  • Ed Stetzer & the Missional Network

    On Tuesday night I went to a Missional Network conference hosted by Oak Ridge Baptist Church in Salisbury.  My mother-in-law, Linda, went with me.  It was pretty cool.  I figured they’d probably have coffee there, but it was better than I expected–the room where the conference was held was actually connected to a coffee shop! … Continue reading

  • Funny Dancing Video

    My friend Darren, church planter of Mosaic in College Park, posted a hilarious video on his blog.  Click here to check it out.  Make sure you watch it all the way to the end–it keeps getting better! By the way, notice that his wife Keda sent the video to him.  You know you have a… Continue reading

  • Anabaptist Mission & Peace – Day 2 Follow-Up

    Recently I shared some notes from my two-day class a couple weeks ago.  Thought it’d be fitting to include here some follow-up correspondence with Jesse Johnson, pastor of Media Mennonite Church.  This exchange helps to fill out some of the stuff I didn’t include in my earlier summary: Nathan, Read your blog today on day… Continue reading