Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

  • An Innovative Use for Chapstick

    To follow up with yesterday’s news flash about the expiring chapstick, I thought I’d share a story that my sister-in-law, Kristi, emailed to me several months ago. I have no idea who wrote it, but it’s worth a read. It’s called “The Greatest Mother’s Day Story Ever,” and I believe it pretty much lives up… Continue reading

  • Beware the Expiration Date!

    My wife noticed something unsettling about her chapstick: it expires next month.  She discovered this bit of info printed on the bottom of the chapstick, the part you twist to make it come up. How does chapstick expire?  Does it actually go bad?  What happens if you use chapstick after its expiration date?  Does it… Continue reading

  • Creed Podcast

    For anyone interested in hearing the message I wrote about earlier today, you can find it here in iTunes or here on the Internet.  Just so ya know. Continue reading

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  • Our Role in the Ultimate Story

    Yesterday at CrossWay Church we kicked off our “Creed” series. During this series, we’ll examine the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective to learn more about who we are as a church, where we’ve come from, and where we’re going. The message yesterday was an introduction to Mennonite history, belief, and practice. We explored… Continue reading

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  • The Hyde Motorcycle Gang

    Carolyn’s dad just came over and spent half his Saturday fixing up our new bikes.  Since we got the cheapies–essentially the equivalent of “Sam’s Choice”–they needed a lot of work.  Fortunately for us, Steve has knowledge about and experience with bike repair, and he likes helping people.  So that worked out just right! Carolyn’s bike… Continue reading

  • Baby Andrew

    My sister-in-law, Kristi, is having her third child in a few weeks.  So a couple days ago I took a picture of him to share with you.  Here he is: And you thought sonograms were impressive…. Continue reading

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  • CrossWay On Purpose – Session 10

    On Wednesday we took a different turn with CrossWay On Purpose.  The plan had been to start processing and applying all that we learned from the Scripture passages that we studied for the first 9 weeks.  But with my trip to Arkansas over the weekend, I was not able to prepare for that part yet.… Continue reading

  • The (Maybe Not So) Grand Finale

    Last night was the last hurrah for our softball team, the Green Machine.  We lost our second game in the double elimination playoff tournament.  We played Mariner Bethel, a team we hadn’t played during the regular season.  We batted first and scored three runs, but it went downhill from there.  We had a lot of… Continue reading

  • Top 10 Searches That People Have Used to Find This Blog

    It’s been way too long since the last Top 10 list. So here we go with: The Top 10 Searches That People Have Used to Find This Blog. Everything in quotes appears here exactly as people typed it to lead them to “Surfing the InnerN8.” (10) “pastors that do nothing” Should I be offended that… Continue reading

  • Master of the Moves

    Today I took Carolyn to work because she was still feeling pretty sick, and I came back and visited her classroom at lunch and recess.  There was this one little blond-headed kid who kept falling off the monkey bars and then running in a circle around them.  After doing this a few times, I overheard… Continue reading