Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

  • Delivering the Goods

    God wants us to share the good news as we do good deeds.  That’s delivering the goods, and that’s what we talked about yesterday at CrossWay Church as the fourth installment of the series Life On Loan. The Christian life is a lot like show-and-tell.  You can tell people anything, but if you can show… Continue reading

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  • Martial Arts Laura Marie

    Last night I felt the baby kick for the first time!!!! Continue reading

  • The Shot Heard Round My Mailbox

    When I was a kid one of my hobbies was collecting autographs of baseball players through the mail.  Recently I’ve been reading The Echoing Green, a book I borrowed from my brother Dylan about what is probably the single most famous home run in baseball history.  So I decided to revive my old hobby by… Continue reading

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  • Not What It Appears

    Now this is funny.  You just gotta read it.  Make sure you look at the picture before reading the article. Thanks to my friend Ty for sending this my way! Continue reading

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  • Another Try At Painting

    Last year several of us got together on Sundays after church to paint.  It never really got going again after the summer until this month.  I’ll have to ask Carolyn if I can post pictures of her latest paintings in progress.  She is so talented!  I’ve decided to move on from my attempts at painting… Continue reading

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  • Minding the Intersections

    Sunday at CrossWay was the third week of the series Life On Loan.  This message was called “Minding the Intersections.” Whenever we’re driving somewhere, especially on a long road trip, intersections are very important.  The final destination is important, of course, but so are the intersections along the way.  It is at the intersections that the… Continue reading

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  • Our Youngest President Yet

    Apparently the inauguration on Tuesday had an impact on at least one of Carolyn’s kindergarten students. Yesterday one of her little boys came to school wearing a dress shirt, a tie, and slacks.  He’d picked out his own clothes that morning.  When he walked into the classroom, he proudly announced to Carolyn: “I’m the President!”… Continue reading

  • Cough Cough Achoo!

    Been slow on the blog this week.  I’ve been homebound with some kind of sick junk.  I just started an antibiotic so hopefully it’ll be gone in time for Sunday. I’m very grateful that I have the kind of job where I can still get work done even when I’m sick and stuck at home. … Continue reading

  • Merging Your Passions With God’s Purposes

    Yesterday was the second week of the series “Life On Loan” at CrossWay.  The subject was “Merging Your Passions With God’s Purposes.” The “Big Idea” for the week is that God gives us what we need to partner with Him.  Like a good fastball hit right on the sweet spot of the bat, God throws… Continue reading

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    That’s the wind chill factor right now.  Imagine if it wasn’t sunny. Continue reading