Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

  • Start Your Own Blog!

    This morning I updated my Blogroll and Links to Check Out.  Under “Links to Check Out,” note the addition of “Start Your Own Blog!”  By clicking on that link, you’ll go to a page where you can create your own WordPress blog.  It’s so easy that even I could do it! Be sure to let… Continue reading

  • Risky Business

    Reading the Bible in a different translation than you’re used to can really help to round out your understanding of a passage. This happened for me this week as I was reading Mark 15:43 in the New Living Translation. This passage tells us how after Jesus had died on the cross, a man from Arimathea… Continue reading

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  • The Power of Story

    Thanks to Jenna, our technology woman, the message from Sunday is now available by podcast. It’s called “The Power of Story” and is the third part in our series “Just Walk Across the Room.” Pastor Daryl shared with us the previous week about listening to other people tell their story. In this message, I gave… Continue reading

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  • Top 10 Funny Milton Comments

    Carolyn has a kindergarten student who has more personality in his little body than most adults I know combined. For the sake of privacy I’ll call him “Milton.” So here’s my list of the Top 10 Funny Milton Comments: (10) Carolyn was teaching the kids about money. When she explained that George Washington was on… Continue reading

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  • Modern Technology At Its Best

    Saw a funny quote this morning from Mitch Hedberg: ” I don’t own a cell phone or a pager.  I just hang around everyone I know, all the time.  If someone wants to get a hold of me, they just say ‘Mitch,’ and I say ‘what?’ and turn my head slightly.” Continue reading

  • Life in the Sweet Spot

    If I get a position as a preacher, I might explode.  I don’t know if I could take it.  Whenever I have a sermon on the horizon, I can’t even sleep at night.  All I can do is think about the passage I’m preaching on and how I can best serve it up.  When I… Continue reading

  • Shoe, Before I Belt Ya

    Shoes and belts are weird things.  You wear them every day, but they don’t get washed. I have this black belt (not like a “ha-yaah!” black belt, but an everyday leather black belt), that I wore every day for 15 years.  Isn’t that gross?  After being on a person’s body for a decade and a… Continue reading

  • Top 10 Things Pastors Do That Inspire Me

    Surely you didn’t think I’d slam the men of the cloth one day and not give ’em a shout out the next? So here’s my list of the Top 10 Things Pastors Do That Inspire Me: (10) Teach. Through their own lives as well as through their sermons, pastors teach us to know God better… Continue reading

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  • Top 10 Things Pastors Do That Bug Me

    Let’s start off by making a few things clear: I am a pastor. I love and respect pastors. Every pastor has probably done some of the things on this list. I know I’ve been guilty of several of them myself. Pastors need to be cut some slack just like everyone else. Nothing on this list… Continue reading

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  • Jesus Christ and the DSM-IV

    People couldn’t decide if Jesus was insane or possessed.  In Mark 3:21, His own family claimed, “He’s out of His mind”!  But the Pharisees argued, “He’s possessed by Satan, the prince of demons.” Not exactly a flattering argument. How ’bout a third possibility: Maybe He’s the Son of God? I have to wonder about Mary’s… Continue reading