September 2007
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Our Role in the Ultimate Story
Yesterday at CrossWay Church we kicked off our “Creed” series. During this series, we’ll examine the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective to learn more about who we are as a church, where we’ve come from, and where we’re going. The message yesterday was an introduction to Mennonite history, belief, and practice. We explored… Continue reading
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The Hyde Motorcycle Gang
Carolyn’s dad just came over and spent half his Saturday fixing up our new bikes. Since we got the cheapies–essentially the equivalent of “Sam’s Choice”–they needed a lot of work. Fortunately for us, Steve has knowledge about and experience with bike repair, and he likes helping people. So that worked out just right! Carolyn’s bike… Continue reading
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Baby Andrew
My sister-in-law, Kristi, is having her third child in a few weeks. So a couple days ago I took a picture of him to share with you. Here he is: And you thought sonograms were impressive…. Continue reading
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CrossWay On Purpose – Session 10
On Wednesday we took a different turn with CrossWay On Purpose. The plan had been to start processing and applying all that we learned from the Scripture passages that we studied for the first 9 weeks. But with my trip to Arkansas over the weekend, I was not able to prepare for that part yet.… Continue reading
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The (Maybe Not So) Grand Finale
Last night was the last hurrah for our softball team, the Green Machine. We lost our second game in the double elimination playoff tournament. We played Mariner Bethel, a team we hadn’t played during the regular season. We batted first and scored three runs, but it went downhill from there. We had a lot of… Continue reading
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Top 10 Searches That People Have Used to Find This Blog
It’s been way too long since the last Top 10 list. So here we go with: The Top 10 Searches That People Have Used to Find This Blog. Everything in quotes appears here exactly as people typed it to lead them to “Surfing the InnerN8.” (10) “pastors that do nothing” Should I be offended that… Continue reading
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Master of the Moves
Today I took Carolyn to work because she was still feeling pretty sick, and I came back and visited her classroom at lunch and recess. There was this one little blond-headed kid who kept falling off the monkey bars and then running in a circle around them. After doing this a few times, I overheard… Continue reading
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Whirlwind Weekend Trip to Paragould, Arkansas
What a past few days it’s been! Thursday morning I found out my grandfather died. The following afternoon Carolyn and I left for my parents’ house, and from there we headed to Arkansas. From that time until yesterday afternoon, two-thirds of our time has been on the road. I can’t write much about it now,… Continue reading
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Great Expectations…or Not
On Thursday night the playoffs began, and our church football team lost something like 35-7. Oh wait–I meant our softball team. The score threw me off, because it sure looks like a football score! Actually, we scored a couple runs in the last inning, so it may have been more like 35-9. Pretty close, huh? … Continue reading
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