evangelism

Last week, I was traveling for work. While it’s never fun being away from my wife and the comforts of home, I do enjoy my co-workers a lot, and I love the work that I do. We do technical training workshops, and sped a lot of time explaining relatively arcane geekery and making it accessible to newcomers.

Around 7:00 in the evening, after the training sessions for the day were over, I was standing in the hotel lobby, talking shop with one of the attendees. I was halfway through a nice imported lager when a fresh-faced, apple-cheeked youth walked up to us wearing a spiky haircut and holding a pad of paper.

“I don’t mean to interrupt, but would you mind answering a few questions for a survey about spiritual beliefs I’m doing?” Continue reading...