Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus


Random Jonx

Like it says–random jonx.

  • One Dramatic Critter

     My ol’ buddy Jenna can always be counted on to send me amusing videos.  Check this one out: Continue reading

  • Today

    Today was a good day. I slept in until 9:00, which of course is always a nice way to start the day.  Carolyn and I just took it easy all morning, had lunch, and went to a local softball field for some practice with her dad and some friends from church.  That’s always fun!  With Continue reading

  • A Down Under Perspective

    I cyber-know a guy in Australia named Tom, who probably thinks I died because I’ve owed him an email for about a month. (Though in reality, he just asks very penetrating questions that require a lot of thought and time, which is my lame excuse for not having written him back yet. But the day Continue reading

  • nathan@crossway.cc

    Just a little FYI to let everyone know that my email address has changed.  It is now nathan@crossway.cc.  The other one (pastorn8@sonrisechurch.cc) will still be active for a short time, but if you could please start using the updated address, it’d be helpful. I tried to send a mass email to update everyone, but most Continue reading

  • GDP & USA

    “Strange Maps” is definitely one of the coolest and most interesting blogs out there.  What a creative and unusual idea, to have a blog based solely on–literally–strange maps!  Several days ago it posted one that’s really worth looking at.  It’s quite thought-provoking.  This particular map compares the Gross Domestic Product of different nations with the Continue reading

  • Our Little Wild Visitor

    A couple nights ago we had a visit from a raccoon on our back porch. We have a bird feeder in the back yard, and the birds spill the seeds, attracting all kinds of animals.  I’m sure it doesn’t help that we feed Emily, a neighborhood cat, right outside the back door.  It was hard Continue reading

  • Five Days Immersion in Hyde History

    What a week! Last Tuesday I left at 5:00 a.m. and drove three hours to my brother Jason’s house in Eldersburg. My sister-in-law, Kristi, drove my dad and I to BWI Airport, where we flew to Little Rock. My little nephews made the drive with us, and as we were getting out, Justin (the four-year-old) Continue reading

  • Little Eastern Shore Foxes

    Jesus said, “Foxes have holes…” (Luke 9:58).  Carolyn and I found one of them the other day. When we were out driving on Sunday, we spotted some little foxes playing in a field.  There were five or six of them.  Most of them were really little–maybe not babies, but definitely not adults.  They were playing Continue reading

  • The Disturbing Smell of Burning Bone

    Man, I sure am grateful that God made novocaine.  I just got back from the dentist.  He had to fill in this place that had cavity potential, and he started by spraying some air on the place.  When he asked if it hurt, I nodded.  So he shot me up with novocaine and went to Continue reading

  • An Early Happy Mother’s Day

    One of the moms from the Training Station just crashed into my car.  (The Training Station is the preschool here at the church.)  I was sitting here in my office writing that last post when the director came in and told me what had happened.  She said the mom was real upset and that I Continue reading