Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

  • What Kids Are Thankful For

    Happy Thanksgiving!  Here’s the official Top 10 List of Things That the Three-Year-Olds at the Training Station Are Thankful For, according to some colorful paper turkeys they made: (10) “coloring with markers” (9) “monster trucks” (8) “non-spicy pizza” (7) “the color purple” (6) “my softer Spiderman toy that Daddy won for me” (5) “oranges and… Continue reading

  • Living in Peace

    We wrapped up the Real Life series yesterday at CrossWay with a message called “Living in Peace.”  We talked about several verses that help us live in peace with each other.  There are things we can do to promote peace with other people, and there are ways we can restore peace once it’s been broken.… Continue reading

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  • You Might Be Southern Baptist If…

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  • Caffeinated Art

    Last night my brother-in-law Michael created a caffeinated masterpiece.  He’s already a very talented latte maker, but last night he added some coconut depth that just took it to a whole new level.  It was so delicious it made me emotional–for a minute I thought I might even cry.  It was just beyond words; it… Continue reading

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  • And Now It’s Snowing Again

    Yesterday I drove up to Pennsylvania for a couple meetings and a two-day class.  This morning I woke up in Oxford, Pennsylvania and saw this out the window: “A nice little dusting of snow in rural PA,” I thought.  “How quaint.” It stopped being quaint about a half hour into my drive northeast, when the… Continue reading

  • Running Circles in Deer Park

    This is weird.  I’m trying to get Deer Park water delivery for our church, but their website doesn’t tell you how much their plans cost!  It keeps sending me around in circles.  How effective can that possibly be?  I just don’t get it.  Quite literally. Continue reading

  • 11 Weeks

    A friend of ours from the Training Station recently loaned us a book called Pregnancy Week By Week.  It’s really cool because the people that wrote it seemed to have thought of everything possible related to pregnancy.  There’s a chapter for each week of pregnancy, and in each chapter they explain what’s going on with… Continue reading

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  • Real Life: Living With Leadership

    At CrossWay on Sunday we picked up again with the Real Life series in a message called “Living with Leadership.”  We spent some time looking at 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13a and Hebrews 13:17. These passages talk about the importance of supporting our leaders.  Leaders are not only those who hold a position of authority over us. … Continue reading

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  • Pics from CrossWay’s 25th

    A big thanks to Kristen for these pictures she took from the 25th anniversary celebration at CrossWay! Continue reading

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  • Watch for Deer

    The location for this collision could not have been worse.  Here’s the sight that greeted me as I pulled into the church driveway this morning: This is what everyone heading westbound along Route 50 saw this morning, as well as all the parents and children who were coming to the preschool.  Eventually the State Highway… Continue reading

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