Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

Church Stuff

  • Ed Stetzer & the Missional Network

    On Tuesday night I went to a Missional Network conference hosted by Oak Ridge Baptist Church in Salisbury.  My mother-in-law, Linda, went with me.  It was pretty cool.  I figured they’d probably have coffee there, but it was better than I expected–the room where the conference was held was actually connected to a coffee shop! … Continue reading

  • Anabaptist Mission & Peace – Day 2 Follow-Up

    Recently I shared some notes from my two-day class a couple weeks ago.  Thought it’d be fitting to include here some follow-up correspondence with Jesse Johnson, pastor of Media Mennonite Church.  This exchange helps to fill out some of the stuff I didn’t include in my earlier summary: Nathan, Read your blog today on day… Continue reading

  • What’s the Deal With People?

    Yesterday at CrossWay we began a three-part miniseries about people.  We looked at who human beings are, where we came from, and why we exist. People are unique.  Unlike any other creature, God made us in His own image and put us in charge of everything else He made.  Unfortunately, we often abuse that responsibility,… Continue reading

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  • Discovery By Doing

    A couple days ago Mark Batterson, pastor at National Community Church, wrote a post on his blog about a church’s core values. He shares the core values of his church and writes about “discovery by doing.” This idea of “discovery by doing” is so often overlooked in the world of church leadership. People in so… Continue reading

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  • New Sign Update

    Hey, I don’t think I posted the latest on our pursuit of a new church sign: On Saturday, someone connected with CrossWay emailed me and said they were contributing $1,000 toward the new sign. That puts us over the amount we need for a deposit! So now we can place the order and the sign… Continue reading

  • God’s Revelation: Creation

    One of the great things about little kids is that they have an amazing sense of wonder about the world around them.  When the children at our preschool are playing outside, one of them will see a cricket and shout: “Cricket!  I found a cricket!”  All the kids will come running excitedly to the scene… Continue reading

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  • Anabaptist Mission & Peace – Day 1

    Class today was amazing.  It’s the most immersed I’ve ever been in sheer Anabaptism.  Our teacher, David Shenk, was fascinating and inspiring.  And he brought in three speakers who shared some of their experiences and what they’ve learned from them.  They told the kinds of stories I’ve only read about in books or seen in… Continue reading

  • Pastors Lunch

    This afternoon I had lunch with some pastors in our conference.  (The ACC–but I always feel like I need to explain that it has nothing to do with football or basketball.)  It was really good to see them again.  It had been several months since I was last able to make it to a meeting.… Continue reading

  • A Mennonite Perspective on the Bible

    Yesterday at CrossWay we began a new miniseries in “Creed.”  This one is a two-parter about God’s revelation of Himself to us. In our last miniseries, we spent three weeks talking about how what we believe about God is important because it affects our daily lives as well as eternity.  The most important belief we… Continue reading

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  • Yesterday, All My Troubles Seemed… (Sike)

    What a great day yesterday was!  After church, Carolyn and I ate at Zia’s in Salisbury with her parents, then we all headed over to the zoo.  It was such a perfect day for being outside! Afterward we went to an event hosted by SonRise Church and the Ocean City Worship Center.  It was the… Continue reading