Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

March 2010

  • Easter Egg Hunt at CrossWay

    Last Saturday we had our third annual Easter Egg Hunt at CrossWay.  It was a blast!  We had about 60 kids and at least that many adults.  God answered our prayers for a break in the weather, and we had a beautiful sunny day with mild temperatures–right in between two chilly rainstorms. In the sanctuary… Continue reading

  • Mrs. Hyde Goes to Crisfield

    Today Carolyn and I saw some of the kids that she taught in kindergarten.  The one known on this blog as “Milton,” who’s now in third grade, said: “I still can’t believe Mrs. Hyde retired!” Then there was a little girl who thought that our baby’s full name is “Laura Marie Mrs. Hyde.” Kids rock. Continue reading

  • Laura Marie’s Baseball Card Collection

    Laura Marie may be only 9 months old, but she’s already building her baseball card and autograph collection. Her first baseball card was a 1991 Donruss card of former All-Star Bobby Bonilla.  I gave it to her to help her start her collection.  She promptly proceeded to bend it and chew it, as you can… Continue reading

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  • The Final Four(-Year-Old)

    Every year our whole family fills out brackets for the men’s NCAA basketball tournament.  After the first round, my four-year-old nephew, Kevin, is kicking butt and taking names!  He has a clear lead in the pool.  He even predicted 13th-seeded Murray State’s upset over #4 Vanderbilt, a buzzer beater. Uncanny. Next year I’m consulting Kevin… Continue reading

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  • Midway Praise

    Last night at CrossWay Church we had our first Midway Praise.  It’s something we’re just starting to do every three months.  We had 20 people come out for some celebration, music, and focused prayer (and a short devotional, which is Christianese for sermonette). It was great!  We started with four songs, then spent about 15… Continue reading

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  • Liking Jesus

    In addition to funny moments, today’s Bible story at the Training Station also had a cute one…. Ms. Grace is getting ready to start telling the Easter story to the kids.  So after the Bible story today, she said, “Next week we’re going to talk about how some of the people didn’t like Jesus.” One… Continue reading

  • What the Gospels Didn’t Tell Us

    This morning Ms. Grace was teaching the Bible story at the Training Station Preschool.  She had a little building constructed of cardboard and several toy figures set up in and around it.  The story was about the paralyzed man whose friends lowered him through the roof to get to Jesus, so Jesus could heal him.… Continue reading

  • Upcoming Easter Series at CrossWay Church

    What’s coming up at CrossWay: Continue reading

  • Our First 12 Members

    We held session 2 of the CrossWay Church membership class on Sunday afternoon.  We now have 12 members!  Our Constitution & By-Laws require completion of the class in order to be eligible for membership, so officially our only members are those who were able to make it both weeks (since this is the first time… Continue reading

  • The Comfort of the Vine

    Yesterday at CrossWay was the second week in a two-part series in the Book of Jonah. We read Jonah 3:1-4:11 in which God teaches us an important truth that the prophet Jonah had trouble accepting: Souls are more important than our comfort. Jonah didn’t give a rip about the 120,000 people in the city of… Continue reading

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