Recently Josh has posted on here about a school project involving conversations with an atheist, Lawrence. Last week I was excited to discover that Elizabeth has been doing the same project with Amy and they’ve both blogged about it. (Josh helped Elizabeth find Amy - Amy was one of the people who responded to Josh and Karlene’s request for atheist conversation partners that we posted on Conversation at the Edge a few months ago)
I wrote to Elizabeth and Amy and asked if it would be ok for me to ask them questions about the project and post their answers here. They both said yes - here are my questions with their responses. As you’ll see, the project was a good experience for both of them.
I know this is a school project for Elizabeth. Elizabeth , can you tell us what this project is about? Amy, why you were interested in participating in Elizabeth ’s school project?
Amy: I was very excited when I heard there are Christians out there who actually want to talk to atheists in a nice, friendly, non-judgmental manner! Those are an endangered species in my part of the country.
Elizabeth: I was taking a class on Evanglism at George Fox Evangelical Seminary and one of the assignments was to use a book called Holy Conversation: Talking About God in Everyday Life which required that I have weekly conversations with a conversation partner about my faith with someone who is not a conscious follower of Jesus. Read the rest of this entry »
05-21-2008 |
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