Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

Family

  • Nickels 4 Neighbors… Dollars 4 Daughters

    Each week at CrossWay we have a children’s offering called Nickels 4 Neighbors.  It’s something that our conference does.  All 34 churches in the conference collect this offering each week, and every six months we give it to a ministry that benefits children.  It’s really cool to see all the kids come up each week Continue reading

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  • Our Upright Baby

    Laura Marie walked today!  That’s how she celebrated turning 10 months old. Continue reading

  • Laura Marie’s Baseball Card Collection

    Laura Marie may be only 9 months old, but she’s already building her baseball card and autograph collection. Her first baseball card was a 1991 Donruss card of former All-Star Bobby Bonilla.  I gave it to her to help her start her collection.  She promptly proceeded to bend it and chew it, as you can Continue reading

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  • Laura Marie, Age 9 Months

    Laura Marie turned 9 months old yesterday.  It’s hard to believe that next month she’ll hit double digits.  (Okay, so it’s double digits in months, but still.) Continue reading

  • My Sweet Baby

    Laura Marie has been out of the womb longer than she was in the womb.  She’s growing up!  She’s at a really, really fun age.  What a blessing she is! Continue reading

  • Popeye’s 90th

    Today my grandfather, Popeye as we called him, would have been 90.  Dude. It’s funny how we give our grandparents odd nicknames when we’re really young, and then they seem strange to everyone else but perfectly normal to us.  It wasn’t until I was about 20 that I realized that there aren’t too many other Continue reading

  • A Christmas Carol Bi-Annual Date

    Carolyn and I had our first date in six months yesterday.  The last time we went out was the night before Laura Marie was born.  We saw Night at the Museum 2, then went to dinner at Zia’s. Yesterday afternoon our good friends Josh and Christi, along with their boys, watched the baby while we Continue reading

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  • Baby’s First WinterFest of Lights

    Last night Carolyn and I took Laura Marie to see the WinterFest of Lights in Ocean City.  It was a special night.  Carolyn and I have gone together to see the lights for 12 years in a row.  It was so wonderful to have our little six-month-old baby daughter with us! The baby really liked Continue reading

  • Half

    Today Laura Marie is half a year old.  Six months ago Carolyn woke me up about 6:00 a.m. and told me her water broke.  Our lives have never been the same since.  We knew that having a baby would be awesome, but Laura Marie is so much more wonderful than anything we ever could have Continue reading

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  • Sledgehammers, Cute Babies, Cosby, and the Devil

    What’s happening: We’re halfway through the Revealed series at CrossWay.  Last Sunday I preached about the devil–the dragon of Revelation 12.  It just worked out that it was the day after Halloween. Carolyn and I have watched every episode of The Cosby Show.  We just finished the eighth and final season.  Now that’s good television!  Continue reading

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