Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

  • GDP & USA

    “Strange Maps” is definitely one of the coolest and most interesting blogs out there.  What a creative and unusual idea, to have a blog based solely on–literally–strange maps!  Several days ago it posted one that’s really worth looking at.  It’s quite thought-provoking.  This particular map compares the Gross Domestic Product of different nations with the… Continue reading

  • triplecord.net

    God does exciting stuff!  And one of those things He’s up to that has me very excited right now is something called triplecord.net.  (I’m not hyperlinking it yet because the site isn’t up and running quite yet.  When it is, I’ll link to it.) Triplecord.net is based on a passage in the Bible.  Ecclesiastes 4:9-12… Continue reading

  • CrossWay Church Podcast now on iTunes!

    It’ll probably be a few days before I figure out how to put a link on the CrossWay Church podcast website, so I wanted to let everyone know that the CrossWay podcast is now available through iTunes.  If you’ve already got iTunes on your computer, you can find our podcast here.  If you don’t have… Continue reading

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  • Our Little Wild Visitor

    A couple nights ago we had a visit from a raccoon on our back porch. We have a bird feeder in the back yard, and the birds spill the seeds, attracting all kinds of animals.  I’m sure it doesn’t help that we feed Emily, a neighborhood cat, right outside the back door.  It was hard… Continue reading

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  • Sermon Prep Rhythm (or “Sermon Preparation for Dummies”)

    Yesss…. After trying for a while, I think I’ve finally gotten in a sermon preparation rhythm. Here’s how it goes: I’ve charted out the sermon schedule for the remainder of 2007 and part of 2008. Every upcoming sermon has a sermon “bucket.” (This is a term I picked up from Rob Bell of Mars Hill… Continue reading

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  • Crisfield 5-0

    Yesterday at Carolyn’s school they had an awards assembly for the students.  During the assembly, one of Carolyn’s students–the one we’ve been referring to here as “Milton”–was standing on the stage with the principal.  Carolyn saw Milton saying something to Principal Dean, who then started laughing.  Understandably, Carolyn became concerned about what exactly Milton had… Continue reading

  • Day 8: Westminster Abbey… And A Nice English Tea

    Below is the eighth journal entry recording the events of the trip Carolyn and I took to England and France in July of 2006: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 London, England This morning we got up and took the Tube to Westminster, where we toured Westminster Abbey. I would have to possess the combined talent of… Continue reading

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  • Give Careful Thought to Your Ways

    Yesterday at CrossWay we finished our two-part series on the Book of Haggai. Last week we talked about how we see a greater vision of reality when we look through the lens of God’s promises to us. Yesterday we saw how our priorities determine our choices and our choices determine the quality of our lives.… Continue reading

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  • Hyde Heritage: Video Tribute

    The other day I found a pretty cool video-making program on my computer. It looks very similar to one of the simpler programs that we used at SonRise. Of course, I just had to try it out. So I made a video from some pictures of my dad and his family. Most (if not all)… Continue reading

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  • CrossWay’s Site is Up and Running!

    YES!!!  Okay, so right now it’s a really, really lame looking site, but it works!  CrossWay Church now has a website, which you can find at crossway.cc.  The page itself just has some basic info for visitors trying to find out worship times, location, etc.  We’re really going to have to overhaul it, which we… Continue reading

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