Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

  • “Life Stinks!”

    Yesterday we had a good time at CrossWay.  One of our elders, LJ Timmons, shared a message with us called “Life Stinks!”  He shared some personal stories about the remarkably tough summer he’s had and how God used that experience to minister to him and through him. The podcast will be up today or tomorrow,… Continue reading

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  • CrossWay On Purpose – Session 8

    On Wednesday we had 8 people for CrossWay On Purpose. We’re near the end of the Bible passages we’ve been studying! In Session 8, we looked at Revelation 2:1-7, 8-11, 12-17, 18-29. These four passages cover a special message that Jesus had for four specific churches. And He has the same message for us today… Continue reading

  • Another Split Doubleheader

    Our church softball team won our second game tonight!  We played the Ocean City Worship Center.  We won the first game (our second win of the season) and they won the second one.  It was fun, of course, but I was very, very frustrated with myself because I didn’t do well at all.  It’s so… Continue reading

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  • Bobby Doerr’s Tract

    A couple days ago I pulled out my old baseball autograph collection from when I was a kid.  There were several that I’d forgotten about.  One thing I found that was really cool was something that Bobby Doerr, Hall of Famer and former second baseman for the Boston Red Sox, sent me. Bobby Doerr (right)… Continue reading

  • Classy Carolyn

    Welp, Carolyn’s back at school.  The kids don’t come until next week, but she’s been going out there since last week to attend meetings and get her classroom set up.  This is her third classroom in four years!  It’s a lot of work.  On top of all that, next week is also when she begins… Continue reading

  • A Hall of Fame Weekend

    About three weeks ago my dad and brothers and I made a trip to Cooperstown, New York, to see Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.  Okay, so I should have written about this before, but hey–vacation is a busy time!  There’s so much to tell about that amazing… Continue reading

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  • The Green Machine Strikes

    It finally happened last night.  Our softball team won a game!  It’s the first win in the history of the Green Machine. We played against High Tide 2 (High Tide is a Baptist church in Delaware with two teams).  The humidity was terrible and we were slow to adjust.  The first game was probably the… Continue reading

  • CrossWay On Purpose – Session 7

    Last night we had 9 people for Session 7 of CrossWay On Purpose, our church-wide Bible study.  This time it was a little bit different.  Instead of looking at a smattering of short passages that deal directly and concisely with the church, we spent our time in the first chapter of Revelation.  This chapter serves… Continue reading

  • Still Here

    It’s been a few days since I’ve posted on here.  That’s because it’s hard coming back from vacation!  After a whirlwind two weeks in New York, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, and D.C., I’m a bit rusty.  But I’ll get this thing going again real soon! Continue reading

  • Breath of Life

    Genesis 2:7: “Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.” Wow, what a moment–the creation of the first human being!  A man who never had human parents, a man who for a time was… Continue reading