Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

  • SonRise West OC

    A little update on the new satellite church campus coming soon to West Ocean City: It’s going to be called SonRise Church West OC.  Pastor Kyle McDaniel, the executive pastor at SonRise, will be leading the ministry there and preaching weekly. They’re going to be located near Waterman’s, across the street from WaWa.  I’ll keep… Continue reading

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  • A New Thang

    Pretty soon there’s going to be a new church here in West Ocean City, really close to CrossWay.  They’re actually a satellite campus for a church a few miles from here. I’m excited about it.  At CrossWay we’ve been working at getting beyond ourselves to reaching the community, but we still have a long way… Continue reading

  • Dumb, Dumber, and What The?!?

    Today I saw an online article about the increase in teen pregnancies, which have risen for the first time in a decade.  Here’s a quote: “The cause of the increase is the subject of debate. Several experts blamed the increase in teen pregnancies on sex-education programs that focus on encouraging abstinence.” Are these people just… Continue reading

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  • Charlie Brown Heavy Metal Christmas

    This is easily the all-time coolest video ever.  It just doesn’t get any better than this: Continue reading

  • Princess Sarah and Her Majesty’s Gloves

    Little kids just don’t seem that impressed with learning the Hebrew origins of their names. Today there was a little girl named Sarah sitting on the swings.  I asked her, “Did you know that the name ‘Sarah’ means ‘princess’?” She looked at me blankly for a second and replied, “I’m wearing gloves!” Needless to say,… Continue reading

  • Pee Pool

    I knew I was forgetting something from that lunch with second-graders yesterday: When I asked the kids what they’d been doing in class that morning, they said they were learning about compound words.  So I asked what compound words they’d learned. One little guy said: “Doghouse…  newspaper… mailbox… people.” I thought, Huh?  “People”?  But if… Continue reading

  • Lunch With Second-Graders

    Today I had lunch with some second-graders.  A couple conversational highlights: “On the first day of first grade I didn’t say anything for a month.” “I can spell ‘minute’ without even thinking about it.” “Okay, go for it.” “M-i-n-u-t-e.” “Did you think about it?” “Only the ‘t-e’ part.” 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

  • Christmas KidsFest 2009

    On Saturday we had our third annual Christmas KidsFest here at CrossWay Church.  It was great!  We had 41 children.  They had gingerbread cookies that they painted with colored frosting, made Christmas ornaments, sang songs, ate lunch, opened a present with their name from under the Christmas tree and then played with their presents, and… Continue reading