Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus


June 2007

  • Search Box

    Just so ya know, there’s now a search box on this blog.  It’s located in the sidebar on the right, at the bottom, under the archives.  Now you can type in a word or phrase or whatever, and it’ll search for it within the blog.  That way you can find out if I’ve been talking… Continue reading

  • Hunting for Crabs with Little People

    Yesterday morning I visited Carolyn’s kids on their field trip at Janes Island in Crisfield.  It was fun, but also kind of sad because it’s probably the last time I’ll get to hang out with this group of kids since their school year ends next week. It’s interesting to go crabbing with kindergarteners.  One little… Continue reading

  • Five Days Immersion in Hyde History

    What a week! Last Tuesday I left at 5:00 a.m. and drove three hours to my brother Jason’s house in Eldersburg. My sister-in-law, Kristi, drove my dad and I to BWI Airport, where we flew to Little Rock. My little nephews made the drive with us, and as we were getting out, Justin (the four-year-old)… Continue reading

  • Meeting with the Mentor Man

    Today I met for the first time with my assigned mentor, James Wenger (our conference assigns a mentor to every new pastor).  James is the pastor of North Baltimore Mennonite Church.  I really enjoyed our time together, and I look forward to meeting with him again next month. Whenever a new pastor comes into our area conference,… Continue reading

  • Day 7: Windsor Castle & Downtown London at Night

    Below is the seventh journal entry recording the events of the trip Carolyn and I took to England and France in July of 2006: Monday, July 24, 2006 London, England Today was one of the most interesting days we’ve had so far. We took the train this morning to Windsor, where we toured Windsor Castle.… Continue reading

  • Holographic Haggai

    Yesterday at CrossWay Church we began a two-part series on the book of Haggai. In the first week, we learned from Haggai that we can see reality more clearly when we look through the lens of God’s promises to us. I lit a candle that was set on a table up front and asked everyone… Continue reading