Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

  • Shrimp Sweeter Than Fudge

    Writing that last post about the basket of goodies made me realize I forgot to write about what Carolyn did tonight.  As soon as she got home, she went right into the kitchen and cooked up this delicious shrimp & rice dish.  She doesn’t even like shrimp!  Man, God totally blessed me with the best… Continue reading

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  • Sweet!

    Jenna the Media Woman from SonRise Church seriously hooked up Carolyn and me for Christmas.  She gave us a massive basket of sweet stuff: cookies, caramel popcorn, all kinds of fudge, brownies, chocolate-dipped pretzels (one of my favorites!), and tons of other stuff.  The fudge is just unbelievable.  There’s no way to describe how totally… Continue reading

  • The Promised Land: Big Vision

    At CrossWay yesterday we began a five-week series called “The Promised Land.”  It’s essentially about the vision, mission, values, and strategy of our church.  It answers questions like: What is the Promised Land for us today?  How do we get there?  What is it like?  Why is it important? Yesterday we kicked it off by… Continue reading

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  • Congratulations Bishop!

    Earlier tonight Carolyn and I went over to her parents’ house to have dinner and watch the playoff game between the Washington Redskins and the Seattle Seahawks.  I was especially eager to see Seattle stomp Washington after having to sit through the debacle that was the Redskins-Cowboys game several days ago. But another reason I… Continue reading

  • Iowha?!?

    Looks like the night of the underdogs in Iowa!  It’d be great to see Huckabee & Obama continue to make strong showings throughout the rest of the cauci (or whatever the plural of “caucus” is–it just sounded right). The Iowan voters seem to have a penchant for sanity that I hope reflects a greater national… Continue reading

  • Brrr

    The wind chill right now is 18 degrees.  It’s supposed to get down to 13 in a few hours.  I like cold days, but wow…. Funny how on the Shore it always seems like clear skies when it gets this cold. Continue reading

  • New CrossWay Sign!

    The new CrossWay sign arrived today. All 600 pounds of it. It was delivered by a freight company and was completely assembled. I’d pictured a couple large pieces in a box. Wrong. It was all one giant piece and housed in nothing but some shabby wooden stuff. But she’s a beaut! When I walked out… Continue reading

  • You Don’t Want This Guy At Your Dinner Party

    While doing some sermon research this morning I stumbled across a website called “Use the Bible God Uses: The KJV 1611.”  This guy goes on to write at great length about how the KJV is the only real Bible–the one that God apparently uses. People are just unbelievable. Continue reading

  • Holiday Catchup

    Carolyn and I had a really great break over the holidays, even though she’s had a pretty bad cold the past couple days.  Since I didn’t blog much at all over the past week or two, here’s a wrap up of recent stuff: Once again I’m reminded of how important breaks are.  After going strong… Continue reading

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  • Redskins vs. Cowboys

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