Surfing the Inner N8

Insights & Outsights from a Guy Trying to Follow Jesus

  • Top 10 Fiction Books…Only There Are Actually 11

    It’s so hard to make a list of favorite books. It’s like talking about favorite foods. How can you narrow it down? Yet here is my attempt. Because the written word has always played such an important part in my life, I’d like to share with you some of the works that have most profoundly… Continue reading

  • The Solo Sovereign

    The past couple weeks I’ve really been enjoying my time in the Book of Ezekiel.  God gave Ezekiel some really wild visions and told him to do some really unusual things.  I love reading the conversations between the Lord and the prophet.  This morning I was reading chapter 37 and Ezekiel said something to God… Continue reading

  • Dag, That Was Uncalled For

    Yesterday I visited Carolyn’s kindergarten classroom. To celebrate the 100th day of school, she had them draw a picture. The subject was: “What I Will Look Like When I Am 100 Years Old.” To help the kids understand the assignment, she asked them what they might look like when they’re 100 years old. They mentioned… Continue reading

  • It’s A God Thang

    It’s so neat how God moves in people’s hearts when they hear the truth of the Bible.  Yesterday Pastor Daryl shared with us the second message in our series on sex.  Last week he taught us about God’s design for sex, and this week he preached about other designs–that is, perversions of God’s plan. Several… Continue reading

  • Water the Thirsty, but Not the Gospel

    I have a playlist on my iPod called “Sermons To Keep Listening To.”  These are classic messages and teachings that will be helpful to return to again and again. This morning I listened to a message given to leaders at a gathering of the Acts 29 Network, a church planting group based in Seattle.  It… Continue reading

  • Another Mandi-ism

    Last night I was trying to explain to some kids from church the concept of a wind chill factor.  I didn’t think they were absorbing any of it. But about an hour and a half later, when someone made a comment about how cold it was, our lead pastor’s four-year-old daughter suddenly piped up: “What’s… Continue reading

  • The Top 10 Good Things About This Half-A-Degree Weather We’ve Been Having

    It’s been a while since we’ve had a Top 10 list here, so I figure it’s about time. Plus, we’ll have better attitudes about the weather since this list can help us keep this cold spell in perspective. So here is… The Top 10 Good Things About This Half-A-Degree Weather We’ve Been Having: (10) No… Continue reading

  • Now You Can Subscribe by Email!

    Now it’s easy to subscribe to this blog by email!  All you have to do is click on the link to the right that says “Subscribe to Surfing the Inner N8 by Email.”  It’ll take you to a site where you enter your email address and verify it.  A confirmation email will be sent to… Continue reading

  • nathanhyde.com

    As you might have noticed, nathanhyde.wordpress.com now redirects you to nathanhyde.com. For simplicity’s sake, I bought the domain nathanhyde.com, so either one works now. Sorry for the confusion! Continue reading

  • The Pohanka Customer Service Saga Continues

    Yesterday I wrote a post on my now-defunct MySpace blog about the incredible customer service experience I had yesterday at Pohanka in Salisbury. It got even better today. My phone rang this morning and it was one of the customer service reps from Pohanka. They were calling to see how everything was going with the… Continue reading