Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

May 2010

  • Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking

    This morning the graduating pre-K class at the Training Station was rehearsing for their graduation program.  They’re doing a poem where each kid goes up one at a time and recites a stanza to a poem. They got to talking about what to do if any of them should get nervous when they get up… Continue reading

  • Falling On Our Knees

    At CrossWay on Sunday we talked about dying to our sin-riddled selves and being given new life in Christ.  We read the really strange story in Acts 20:7-12 and then walked through Romans 6:1-14. The highlight of the day for me came at the end of the second service.  When we reached our prayer time… Continue reading

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  • Three Years at CrossWay Church

    Three years ago today was my first Sunday at CrossWay Church.  It’s the longest I’ve been on staff at a church.  (I was on staff at two other churches for almost three years.)  At the other two churches where I was a staff pastor, I could feel the end of my time approaching.  It’s kind… Continue reading

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  • Why I Should Just Stick to Americanese

    Today I had one of my I’m-such-an-ignorant-American moments.  Laura Marie and I were at the park and I was pushing her on the swing.  Another little girl was on the swing next to her.  I tried talking to her grandmother, who was pushing her on the swing, and the woman replied with an accent, “I… Continue reading

  • Shorebirds & Sunburns

    Today I went to the Shorebirds game with one of the dads from the Training Station, and with his three-year-old son.  I got my first sunburn of the year.  It was a sunny day, and it takes a long time to watch the Shorebirds give up 12 runs. Continue reading

  • Ailing Hydettes

    My girls are sick.  😦 Whenever Laura Marie gets sick, it’s a pretty sure thing that Carolyn will get sick because the baby likes to sneeze on her.  She can be sitting near Carolyn and looking the opposite direction, but when she sneezes she turns toward Carolyn and blasts her.  I’ll be in another room… Continue reading

  • The God of This City

    Yesterday at CrossWay we talked about the vision for our church.  We read Acts 18:5-11, in which God appears to Paul in a vision and tells him that He has many people in the city of Corinth, where Paul was preaching. God is the God of that city, and He is the God of our… Continue reading

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