Hey everyone, I'm back to blogging! Hopefully this will be a good way of keeping you up to date on my life while I'm living in Colorado. But for those of you who only know me from Summit, you may care for an update of how far I've come over the past year. Here are a few of the highlights:
-Reading- Before last summer I hadn’t read a book for pleasure in years. The reason for this was my frustration with mainly reading books on Civil Rights and the Holocaust in public school, and I had no idea the gems that are out there on subjects that interest me for brilliance rather than politics. Since then I am proud to have read 15 books, and this summer I will be writing my first. Here's the list in order of amazingness: The Last Battle, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, A Grief Observed, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Magician's Nephew, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Horse and His Boy, The Silver Chair, The Case for Christ, Mere Christianity, For Men Only, The Four Loves, The Abolition of Man.
-Leadership- As someone who has been blessed with an extremely supportive family and incredible opportunities, it's my responsibility to use what I've been given to make a difference for Christ. Much of this I believe is tied to taking leadership. Perhaps the most explicit example of this from last year has been my involvement with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Ball State. The future holds a lot of potential for growth in our chapter, and I've decided to be involved in making change on our campus.
-Confidence- This past semester I focused on increasing confidence in sight of nervousness. I tend to get extremely nervous when being judged and evaluated for school, and I made great strides by successfully completing a conducting course where I regularly conducted a 50 person band and by successful performing a solo percussion recital.
-Masculinity- After working at Summit I realized the importance of having heroes and upholding godly masculinity. The Patriot, Saving Private Ryan, Gladiator, and Braveheart have helped, but there's lots more man movies to see.
-Imagination- My goal is to write a book in a year, from December to December. It's going to be a fairy tale about shadows and reflections, and thinking outside of the box has helped me to keep my thinking from relying on the senses.
-Relationships- You can trust me without the details, there's been a lot of growth.
Hopefully that gives you a pretty good overview of my year. There has certainly been bad times along with the good, and I can't wait to see how I'll grow again this year.
-Will
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