*This is not ranked in order, just an overall top ten from this month*
1. Family
I’ve been interviewing my family the past couple of weeks for our genogram paper that I’ll be writing sooner than I am prepared to. Doing the interviews with my family though was a great experience. Getting to hear what life was like for my parents growing up as well as getting insight on my sisters’ perspective of our childhood was awesome and gives me an even greater appreciation for my family and how much they mean to me.
2. Guys Retreat
The guys didn’t retreat to the beach or the lake, but we did have a fun weekend in Raleigh. We went to a Dive Bar with the men from Apostles (don’t listen to Dylan when he says there won’t be food), played catan, watched a movie, and watched Trinity Academy play a great game for the State Championship (they came up just short, but it was awesome to watch them fight in a close game to the end). Also, none of us lost our voices.
3. Inductive Bible Study
One of our classes this semester is Inductive Bible Study with Eric Bolash. Eric is leading us through an inductive bible study on The Sermon on the Mount. I’ve loved the intentionality that we get to spend in the scripture during our time in class, spending an extended amount of time in the same piece of scripture. Making sure we hear as much as we can from the Lord in each verse, and then talking to each other about the different things that we see and hear.
4. Scott Steele
Scott teaches our WorldView class; he’s a great teacher and even better at caring for the people around him. Not only was he extremely caring when we were all accidently at Chickfila as class was starting, but he even welcomed us all to his house for dinner one night. He and his wife made some amazing taco’s and although I didn’t win the door prize’s that they gave out, I had a great time.
5. Valentine’s Day
For the past 4 Valentines Days, Natalie and I have enjoyed a candlelit dinner at the finest restaurant in town: Waffle House. Waffle House goes all out for Valentines Day and it has become a staple for Natalie and I every year. I strongly suggest that you make a reservation next year.
6. The Wheel
If you consistently find yourself not being able to decide on where to go for food, or what you and your friends should do for the day; then the wheel is for you. Simply create a custom wheel online with whatever options you want (I strongly suggest including Juices Wild) and give it a spin. Guaranteed to provide countless hours of entertainment.
7. Round Table
February provided some amazing round table discussions. My fellow fellows did a great job in leading the topics that they chose and created a comfortable space to have deep, vulnerable, challenging, and insightful conversations.
8. Basketball
I’ve been playing a good amount of basketball the past month and I really hope that this continues. Basketball is the easiest way to trick myself into doing a lot of running without being miserable the whole time.
9. The Chosen
The Chosen is a show about the life of Jesus, focused on his time in ministry with the disciples. The show does an amazing job of staying true to scripture and providing a new way to connect with the word. If you’re looking for a show to binge watch, you can blow through the 2 available seasons of The Chosen like it’s nothing.
10. Apostles AV
This year I’ve volunteered to help run the sound at church a few Sunday’s. They are early mornings but once I’m up it is a cool experience to get a little bit of a behind the scenes of how the service is run and it is pretty fun to press the buttons on the big sound board.