Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

January 2008

  • Mandi’s Baptism

    Tonight our little friend Mandi got baptized.  Mandi is the precious five-year-old daughter of Pastor Daryl from SonRise Church.  She accepted Christ last September and made her public profession of faith tonight before a crowd at Berlin First Baptist Church, where the baptism was held. We sat with our friend Roger and his two baby… Continue reading

  • The New Norm

    On December 30 Carolyn and I took a little break and visited the Gathering Tree, a nearby church pastored by a friend of ours.  We have a couple at CrossWay Church who have been there for at least a couple years now, Norm and Sara Cain.  Norm is a retired preacher and he filled in… Continue reading

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  • January Church Leadership Meeting

    We had our monthly leadership meeting at CrossWay after church on Sunday.  We talked about launching our community groups ministry, getting children’s church started, and made plans for our next outreach event.  More about those things in the days ahead…. Continue reading

  • Shrimp Sweeter Than Fudge

    Writing that last post about the basket of goodies made me realize I forgot to write about what Carolyn did tonight.  As soon as she got home, she went right into the kitchen and cooked up this delicious shrimp & rice dish.  She doesn’t even like shrimp!  Man, God totally blessed me with the best… Continue reading

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  • Sweet!

    Jenna the Media Woman from SonRise Church seriously hooked up Carolyn and me for Christmas.  She gave us a massive basket of sweet stuff: cookies, caramel popcorn, all kinds of fudge, brownies, chocolate-dipped pretzels (one of my favorites!), and tons of other stuff.  The fudge is just unbelievable.  There’s no way to describe how totally… Continue reading

  • The Promised Land: Big Vision

    At CrossWay yesterday we began a five-week series called “The Promised Land.”  It’s essentially about the vision, mission, values, and strategy of our church.  It answers questions like: What is the Promised Land for us today?  How do we get there?  What is it like?  Why is it important? Yesterday we kicked it off by… Continue reading

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  • Congratulations Bishop!

    Earlier tonight Carolyn and I went over to her parents’ house to have dinner and watch the playoff game between the Washington Redskins and the Seattle Seahawks.  I was especially eager to see Seattle stomp Washington after having to sit through the debacle that was the Redskins-Cowboys game several days ago. But another reason I… Continue reading

  • Iowha?!?

    Looks like the night of the underdogs in Iowa!  It’d be great to see Huckabee & Obama continue to make strong showings throughout the rest of the cauci (or whatever the plural of “caucus” is–it just sounded right). The Iowan voters seem to have a penchant for sanity that I hope reflects a greater national… Continue reading

  • Brrr

    The wind chill right now is 18 degrees.  It’s supposed to get down to 13 in a few hours.  I like cold days, but wow…. Funny how on the Shore it always seems like clear skies when it gets this cold. Continue reading

  • New CrossWay Sign!

    The new CrossWay sign arrived today. All 600 pounds of it. It was delivered by a freight company and was completely assembled. I’d pictured a couple large pieces in a box. Wrong. It was all one giant piece and housed in nothing but some shabby wooden stuff. But she’s a beaut! When I walked out… Continue reading