I wasn’t sure about Campus Crusade at first. Lots of people, loud music. It’s held at a place called Club Escape. I’m not exactly sure how it works, but it was built as a nightclub for students. On Wednesday nights, however, it’s taken over by Crusade, definitely not a smoky, bar-like atmosphere. It was nice to walk up and see people carrying Bibles, a refreshing change from the norm on campus. I wasn’t really convinced that I’d come back until part way through the speaker’s message, though, when God began to speak to me.

He spoke to me about sharing Christ. I fight what I know God wants, and that is to share my faith. I’m scared about it. But maybe I have the wrong approach. It’s not about putting people on the spot by immediately shoving what I believe at them, but it’s much more about living your faith out and having such a vibrant relationship with Jesus that it spills out in my daily life wherever I am. God hasn’t given us the spirit of timidity, but of power. Not an in-your-face, down-your-throat mentality, but a freedom and lack of self-consciousness about the most important thing in our lives. I haven’t worked it out practically, but this is the direction in which I’m thinking and hopefully heading.

Before the Crusade meeting last night there was an IIE Meeting. IIE (Institute for Industrial Engineers) Meetings are where you can get free pizza and pop. Thus, people show up. This time, the department head (read: big-wig), Rick Billo, came and spoke about the IME program, giving what he called his Undergrad Recruiting presentation.

This man is a fascinating one. He’s probably in his 50s, and by all appearances he’s your typical business/administrative type. But that’s before you see him move or hear him talk. At that point he’s pure energy. An unmistakable Type-A personality. The most remarkable thing about him to me, though, is how he tries to identify with the students. He uses language that some (me for sure) would consider unprofessional, but I think it’s him trying to get down to the student’s level. Does it work? Maybe the for some, but not for me. Since I perceive that he is trying to come down to the average student’s level (in this case take the word "average" to mean students who swear on a regular basis; this has nothing to do with their acedemic acumen), he’s completely missing me. It’s like, if you want to successfully “come down” to someone’s level in any endeavor, you don’t want them to realize that you’re “coming down.” Ask any teenager, they hate being talked down to. Well, Dr. Billo isn’t talking down to us, but he’s obviously trying to get down, and that just does not work with me.