Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

June 2009

  • Baby: The First Dozen Days

    Laura Marie turned12 days old last evening.  Some thoughts from the past couple weeks: When Carolyn was in the throes of childbirth, at one point she stuck out her bottom lip.  She does this when she’s sad or hurt.  A moment later the baby came out and started crying, and she stuck out her lower… Continue reading

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  • Laura Marie Hyde

    Laura Marie is here!  She was born on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 5:01 p.m.  She weighed in at 7 pounds 10 ounces and 20.5 inches long.  We brought her home yesterday afternoon.  Mom & baby are both doing great! I’ll write more whenever I get a chance…which could be after she goes to college. Continue reading

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  • 9 Months

    Carolyn is nine months pregnant.  Now I understand the expression “pregnant with anticipation.” Continue reading

  • The T-Ball Nats

    A friend of mine from Australia is visiting D.C. later this month.  He’s interested in seeing a baseball game, so I was talking with my dad and my brother Dylan about it.  Since the Washington Nationals are so ridiculously bad, I told Dylan and my dad that I wasn’t sure if I should send Tom… Continue reading

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  • The Comeback Church

    Yesterday at CrossWay we talked about the comeback church.  A comeback church is an underdog congregation that is headed toward decline but turns things around to begin reaching people for Christ.  A comeback church sees lives transformed by the power of the gospel.  There are certain spiritual dynamics at work in a comeback church.  They… Continue reading

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