[aron]

askseek,

Welcome aboard. This forum could use someone with energy and initiative, and organizational capacity. Most of us write as we feel led; I've given up starting threads. So it's rather hap-hazard.

Now, to the parent who sends their child off to college, to be informed, "I'm going to a conference this week-end"? Your point is well-taken that there needs to be an informational clearinghouse.

Is the parent a believer or unbeliever, or Asian or Western (or other)? Or is the young college person a believer or not? Is the 'curious church kid' an Asian? I say this because my impression is that Asian culture, vis-a-vis authority is quite different from 'typical American'. In the PRC, 40 years after his death, you still can't publicly criticize Mao. So it's an entirely different view of the world, what constitutes 'normal' or 'expected'.

Now, how to simply present 'just the facts' so that any of the above might find it worth their while to open a tab? And none of the above would be unduly demeaned or insulted?

I think your bolded tasks probably steer that way, so this is my long-winded way of saying 'amen'.