Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

  • Surprise! Sike

    Carolyn’s last day of work is a week from this Friday.  Yesterday one of her students asked her, “Mrs. Hyde, when is your party?” “What party?  I’m not having a party,” she answered. To which another kid interjected, “Uh-huh, your surprise party.” Continue reading

  • 33 Weeks

    Can’t believe we’re already at 33 weeks!  Starting with Carolyn’s next doctor appointment in two weeks, she’ll go weekly until the baby is born.  We’re getting close! Continue reading

  • CrossWay Church Website

    Carolyn has really overhauled the church website!  Check it out. Continue reading

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  • How to Love Someone to Death

    At CrossWay yesterday we had the second week in the series “i am second.”  This week’s message was “How to Love Someone to Death.” We started with this testimony from Chris Plekenpol.  Then we read Romans 5:6-8 and Matthew 5:43-47.  These two passages are summed up in Ephesians 4:32, which says to “be kind to… Continue reading

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  • Rain

    If you stop and think about it, it’s kind of weird how sometimes a whole bunch of water falls out of the sky. Not only that, but it’s also weird how we have an entire industry based on trying to figure out when it’s going to happen. Continue reading

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  • The Don’t Song

    This is pretty much the funniest video ever: Continue reading

  • Looking Out for the Real #1

    Easter Sunday at CrossWay was great!  We knew that Easter attendance is usually higher than normal, but it was a LOT higher this year–easily the most people I’ve ever seen at this church on a Sunday. We launched a new series called “i am second.”  The idea comes from the website iamsecond.com.  We watched the… Continue reading

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  • Thursday

    Yesterday was a pretty good Thursday, though kind of crazy (the Thursday before Easter always is). The day started with breakfast at Denovo’s, which is where my small group meets.  It was our second meeting, and was great (as was the creamed chipped beef over biscuits with Tabasco sauce–and they are masters at keeping the… Continue reading

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  • Getting Close

    Carolyn is now due in less than two months! Continue reading

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  • i am second

    This Sunday at CrossWay Church we’re starting a new sermon series called “i am second.”  I’m pretty excited about it!  It’s something that several pastors in the community have been working on for a few months. The idea came from a website by the same name.  You should check it out at iamsecond.com!  It has… Continue reading

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