Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

Church Stuff

  • CrossWay Core Commitment #2

    The second core commitment we make as members of CrossWay Church is that we will love God by developing intimacy with Him through daily spiritual habits. Making this commitment means that on a regular basis I will: Read the Bible to know God better. Read the Bible to hear what God has to say to… Continue reading

  • CrossWay Core Commitment #1

    At CrossWay Church we challenge and encourage every member to make five commitments.  These five commitments represent our core values and express our desire to live out these values. Our core commitments are summed up by our motto: Loving God, Loving People.  This slogan has a double meaning: we serve a loving God and are… Continue reading

  • Real Life: Living in Love

    At CrossWay Church yesterday we reached the halfway point in our study of 1 Thessalonians.  For week 5 of the Real Life series, we talked about Living in Love. If you watch TV or read the paper, you might get the idea that loving someone is about taking what you can get from them.  But… Continue reading

    , ,

  • The Ministry Bytes Podcast

    Some other local pastors and I will soon be launching a new podcast.  It’s called “Ministry Bytes” and is geared toward other pastors of small churches. There are a lot of excellent and useful resources out there that are available to pastors, but there’s an inherent problem: just by the nature of how publishing and… Continue reading

  • Real Life Podcasts

    I’m finally caught up on podcasts.  Woo hoo!  The first four messages in the Real Life series are uploaded. You can access the CrossWay Church Sermon Podcast by subscribing through iTunes or listening/downloading directly from Feedburner. Continue reading

  • Living as Witnesses

    At CrossWay yesterday we continued with the Real Life series.  This third week was “Living as Witnesses.”  We read 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12, 17-20; 4:11-12 and talked about what it means to live as witnesses for Jesus Christ. To be a witness simply means to truthfully share with others what we have seen and heard. This… Continue reading

    , ,

  • Game Night at CrossWay!

    Tonight at CrossWay Church we’re having a game night.  If you read this in time and live nearby, feel free to swing by the church starting at 6:30 for some food and games! Continue reading

  • Pastors Meeting, Complete With Steak

    Today I went to a meeting of Mennonite pastors at Sandy Hill Community Church in Coatesville, Pennsylvania.  Normally I don’t make these lunch meetings because they’re three hours away, but I found out about this one several weeks ahead of time so I made it a priority on the calendar. It was good to see… Continue reading

    ,

  • Elders: More Than Just Old Guys

    Last week the elders and I met for the first time in the new church year.  All four of us were there and it was great to get things moving again.  We’ve certainly got our work cut out for us! One of the things I’d like to see the elders accomplish these next few months… Continue reading

    ,

  • Oops

    I tried to set a reminder on this blog about our church’s game night this Friday, but accidentally posted it as if it were tonight.  Sorry ’bout that!  Game Night is this Friday.  Sorry for any confusion. Continue reading