Friday Fun Facts

Okay, I'm going to try out this format and see how this goes. I'm going to try to start pumping out Monday/Wednesday/Friday posts. This week has obviously been a success, but let's see how long I can keep it going. I think Friday's are going to be my fun day where I just share something funny or embarrassing about myself for your enjoyment.

Currently, I'm not a fan of assigned small groups. I just think it makes more sense when stuff like that happens organically, but this was not always so. I led two different small groups during my time at Clemson. For one I took time to carefully plan out Bible studies and then got mad and frustrated when they preferred to watch Lost or the conversation went to places where even the demons went, "Whoa guys! That's a little much." By the time I got my next small group I was so burned out that by the end of it we were mainly just thinking of creative ways to shoot each other with an air soft gun.

Would FCA have approved of what we did weekly in the name of "fellowship"? Probably not? Was Joe Mata uncomfortable that time that he was the only one who showed and it was just the two of us? Absolutely! Was it good times that led to friendships that I still have? Definitely.

Either way, these two groups had one major thing in common. I started them both with the obligatory "I have no idea what I'm doing leading this thing, so let's share the intimate details of our lives" conversation. AKA the "here are my worst sins" conversation. AKA the "I used to drink a lot and look at porn" conversation. It's probably the most awkward way to get to know someone, yet I've embraced it twice for some reason.

You might think that I'm dumb for thinking that was a good idea, and you'd be right. You might even think that FCA was dumb to put me in charge of anyone, let alone an entire group of guys, to which you'd also be right. But you're forgetting the most important point in all of this: I found out how easy it was to get my closest friends to divulge their deepest, darkest secrets.