A girl on the front row who’d been taking notes feverishly, raised her hand. She began to speak, sometimes leaving out articles, unable to pronounce the letter “l.” She was an international student eager to learn about Jesus but troubled the possible consequences of doing so.

She opened one hand, looked at it and began her question. “You say good for Christian to put others before them self and give.” She opened her other hand. “In business we told to take advantage of competition and all opportunity to maximize profit. Is this contradiction?” she asked, smashing both hands together into a crumpled awkward lump. Read more at shaungroves.com