Classes started yesterday at Cornell, so please pray for our Spring Semester. We kicked off with a leadership meeting last night. Some 50 students showed up to catch up and share about how God met them over the Christmas break.
Our Epicenter conference was good. We had 12 Cornell students along with two girls from SUNY Cortland and one guy from Ithaca College.
One of the speakers was Doug Pollock, a man who is extremely passionate about engaging people with the good news of Jesus. Rather than just talk about that though, he thought it would be best to actually do it. So some of the staff arranged for a couple of guys who are atheists to come out and have a conversation with Doug right there on the stage. Adam, one of the atheists challenged Christians who don't evangelize because they are afraid of social awkwardness to "get over it"
Doug demonstrated well how important it is to really care about and listen to people. He modeled how to be respectful and how to strive for productive dialog when sharing the gospel. You can watch the session on this video. (skip ahead to the 7 minute mark to get right to the dialog)
(if the embed code doesn't work, just click on that link... The one your looking for is titled Doug Pollock on Outreach, and you'll see a picture of him sitting in a large leather chair.
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