Stuff in My Head
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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
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Meeting with the Mentor Man
Today I met for the first time with my assigned mentor, James Wenger (our conference assigns a mentor to every new pastor). James is the pastor of North Baltimore Mennonite Church. I really enjoyed our time together, and I look forward to meeting with him again next month. Whenever a new pastor comes into our area conference, Continue reading
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Outreach Magazine Scam
One thing for which I have absolutely zero tolerance is so-called Christians trying to rip people off. I don’t want to be one of those bloggers who uses their blog to whine and complain, and I like to keep things positive, but I am mad. While I was at SonRise, I subscribed to Outreach Magazine Continue reading
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All in the Family
Whew, what a whirlwind weekend. Tiring but great. On Friday night Carolyn and I drove out to Eldersburg, where my brother Jason lives with his family. We spent the night there after being entertained for a couple hours by his sons–Justin, age 4, and Kevin, who just turned 2. On Saturday we all went to Continue reading
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Welcome to (Fill in the Blank) Church!
We have got to get a church name. For the second time in four days, I woke up this morning at 3:30 a.m. with my mind racing, trying to think of the right name. It makes for a long day when you sleep for three or four hours and wake up at 3:30! Here’s the Continue reading
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A Real Sabbath
During my three years at SonRise, I took off on Fridays. At my new post, I’m considering two changes: taking more of a Sabbath than just a day off, and switching from Fridays to Thursdays. In the past, Friday simply meant sleeping in, taking my time, not having to hurry my Bible time in order Continue reading
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Goodbye to a Good Friend
There’s a lot of truth in the old adage that a dog is a man’s best friend. Yesterday the Hyde family bid a sad farewell to a good friend indeed. Knight was a mix between a Black Lab and something else, probably a Dalmatian. We got him in the summer of 1993 when he was Continue reading
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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
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Intern(et)al Organs
It’s strange how entwined our lives have become with technology. In my mind, I’d thought I was almost exempt from this reality, because at our house we don’t have cable TV, high speed Internet–we don’t even have a land line for the phone. But as I’ve made the transition out of SonRise, I’ve discovered that Continue reading
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Amazing Anonymous Blessing
Wow. I just found out that a friend of ours has been making the co-payment on our prescriptions for over a year. Since I don’t pay much attention to insurance stuff, I just figured we paid something for it through our health plan. But instead, a friend of ours who works at a pharmacy set Continue reading
Surfing the Inner N8 