Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

Stuff in My Head

  • Awesome Week at Catalyst

    Tuesday morning, and I’m still recovering from an amazing week at the Catalyst Conference near Atlanta, Georgia.  I was part of a 20-person team from four churches that traveled down there together.  We left for the 14-hour drive last Tuesday morning and got back around 6:45 on Saturday morning. Catalyst 2008 was easily the best Continue reading

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  • We’re Having A Baby!!!!

    CAROLYN AND I ARE HAVING A BABY!!!!!!!!! I’M GOING TO BE A DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Continue reading

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  • Sorry to State the Obvious, But….

    Has anyone noticed that our terribly underfunded education system has been in crisis for years? How ’bout a stinkin’ 700 billion dollar bailout? In the Bible, when David wrote, “All have turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one” (Psalm 14:3), I think he’d been reading Continue reading

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  • Waiting for This Headline

    With everything that’s happening in our nation’s economy, I keep checking the news websites but I haven’t yet seen the headline I’m expecting any moment, along with its ensuing story.  It would look something like this: Distressed Economy Has Surprise Effect On Fight for the White House McCain Campaigns for Obama While Obama Pledges to Continue reading

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  • Dates

    Isn’t it weird how some dates stick in your head?  September 18 is one of those days for me.  It was 18 years ago today that I lost my first grandparent.  My mom’s dad was Herman Robbins, though we called him “Pa-Pa” (pronounced “Paw-Paw”–it was Texas, what do you expect?).  It’s strange to think that Continue reading

  • Happy Birthday Jazlyn!

    Today my little niece turns 10.  It won’t be too much longer before I can’t call her “my little niece” anymore.  Hard to believe it’s already been a decade since she arrived. Happy birthday, Jazlyn!!! Continue reading

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  • A 9/11 Thanks

    Once again we mark the anniversary of a date in our nation’s history that will never be just another date on the calendar.  The only other day I know of that is marked simply by its date is July the Fourth (we even capitalize “Fourth”).  As we reach another “nine-eleven,” let’s be sure to thank Continue reading

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  • Blood Bank Bummer

    Bummer. This morning the Blood Bank of Delmarva called to schedule an appointment, but it turns out I’m not eligible to donate for an entire year because Carolyn and I spent a couple days in the Costa Rican province of Alajuela. That stinks! Giving blood is one of the simple ways to do something that Continue reading

  • Geek Squad Update

    The Geek Squad still has my computer, and they’re still trying to fix it.  I’m praying! Continue reading

  • Geek Squad Is On The Case

    Yesterday I took my computer to the Geek Squad at Best Buy in Salisbury.  The first guy who looked at it said he’d seen the problem a couple times before.  Apparently the computer thinks it has about two dozen network cards.  The Geek Squad dude said it could be caused by a virus, and said Continue reading