格伦·罗套上了他最爱的绿色马球衫，登上了挪威奥斯陆的一班地铁。

这位55岁的老师希望有人能盯着他看。他也没有等很久。

一位穿着优雅的女士就坐在格伦对面，这位女士看起来也就六十出头。这位女士瞄/瞟了他一眼然后将目光移到他衬衫上。她的目光就此停在了他的衬衫上，衬衫左胸前绣着几个大字“复临航空，乘务员格伦·罗”，后面还有一个飞机的图案。

格伦沉默不语，他知道这位女士会想知道为什么她从来没听说过复临航空。

大概盯着看了五分钟，这位女士最终开口了。

“打扰一下，”她说，“我以前从来都没听说过这个航空公司。你是在那工作吗？”

“是的。”格伦说。

“哦，”她说，“飞到哪的？”

“我们只有一个目的地。”

“哦，真的吗？”她惊讶的说道。

她并没有问目的地在哪，格伦也没打算自愿说出来。

经过很长一段时间后, 这位女士才问道：“机票很贵吗？”

“不，机票是免费的。”

这位女士非常惊讶。

“什么？”她惊呼，“为什么机票是免费的？”

现在轮到格伦停下说话了。这位女士越来越好奇。最后，格伦终于出声。

“因为在2000年前这些机票就付过钱了。”他说。

这位女士眼中透露着迷茫。突然她眼中现过一丝了然。

“我懂了。”她说。

她停了停。

“但是，对于我来说，我很难相信有天堂。”她说。

“为什么？”格伦问。

“我以前有过糟糕的宗教经历。”她说。

这种故事格伦听说过无数遍：人们拒绝基督教，因为他们见到了一个糟糕的基督徒榜样。挪威是一个极其世俗化的社会，在过去的几十年里，许多教派的教会人数都在下降。复临安息日会也不例外，其4500位成员一直很难影响到这个有着五百三十万人的北欧国家。

在地铁上，格伦感觉到这位女士渴望拥有更好的人生。

他说：“也许你可以用新的眼光探索《圣经》，来找到你想要的。”

听到这些话后, 这位女士很明显地在这个略显空荡的车厢中放松了下来。在接下来的二十分钟里，她向格伦敞开心扉，讲述了她一直以来的一些疑惑和问题。然后她站了起来。

“我在这站下车，”她说，“感谢你刚刚和我的谈话。你给了我很多需要思考的问题。我需要去做一些研究调查。”

“我相信你能找到你所想要的，我会记着你的。”格伦说。

格伦确实也是这么想的。这位女士就是他今天穿上这件马球衫来地铁的原因。

夏天，格伦能穿上这件短袖衬衫就尽量穿着。当他穿着这件衣服的时候，这件衣服会吸引人们的注意。有时候，这就会引发一些谈话。

“我并不是很勇敢的人，”格伦在一次采访中解释道，“我不会到外面到处按门铃。因为这会让我感到不自在。”

但是他确实爱着耶稣，也想为福音工作献上一份力。他也很热爱飞机。所以他从德国网购了一件质量不错的衬衫。在他的要求下，这件衬衫上印上了飞机和他的名字。

“如果我能成为一个管道，帮助人们再次与上帝连接，那就太棒了。”他说。

格伦不知道有没有人因为他的衬衫而被引向耶稣或者耶稣要复临的信息。但是他确信圣灵会使用这件衬衫来开启谈话。

“让我们去各地认识形形色色的人，”他说，“我的工作不是让人成为基督徒，那是圣灵的工作。我们的工作就是去撒种，收割是上帝的事。”

格伦·罗今年55岁，在坐落于挪威奥斯陆的奥斯特马尔卡复临安息日学校中担任教师，这所学校一年级到十年级大概有100人左右。他现在还是比特尔复临安息日教会的成员和前青年牧师，比特尔复临教会用2017年第十三个安息日乐意捐的一部分在其地下室打造了一个青年社区中心。

A Shirt to Talk About

Glenn Lie slipped on his favorite green polo shirt and boarded a subway train in Oslo, Norway.

The 55-year-old teacher hoped that people would stare at him. He didn’t have to wait long.

Glenn sat across from an elegantly dressed woman who appeared to be in her early sixties. The woman glanced at him and then his shirt. Her eyes remained on his shirt. Embroidered on the left breast were the words, “Advent Airlines, Steward Glenn Lie,” and the image of a jet plane.

Glenn said nothing. He knew the woman was wondering why she had never heard about Advent Airlines.

After staring for about five minutes, the woman spoke.

“Excuse me,” she said. “I haven’t heard about this airline before. Do you work there?”

“Yes,” Glenn said.

“Oh,” she said. “Where do you fly?”

“We only have one destination.”

“Oh really?” she said with surprise.

She didn’t ask for the destination, and Glenn didn’t volunteer it.

After a long moment, the woman asked, “Is it very expensive?”

“No, the tickets are free.”

Now the woman was flabbergasted.

“What?” she exclaimed. “Why are the tickets free?”

It was Glenn’s turn to pause. The woman’s curiosity grew. Finally, Glenn spoke.

“The tickets are free because they were paid for 2,000 years ago,” he said.

The woman looked puzzled for a moment. Suddenly understanding flashed in her eyes.

“I understand,” she said.

She paused.

“But, for me, I have a hard time believing in heaven,” she said.

“Why?” Glenn asked.

“I have had bad experiences with religion in my upbringing,” she said.

It was a story that Glenn had heard many times: people who rejected Christianity because of what they saw as the poor example of Christians. Norway is a highly secularized society, and church membership has declined in many denominations for decades. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is no exception, and its 4,500 members have struggled to make inroads in the Scandinavian country of 5.3 million people.

On the subway, Glenn sensed that the woman longed for something better.

“Maybe you can find your way by exploring the Bible with new eyes,” he said.

Hearing those words, the woman visibly relaxed in the nearly empty subway car. She spoke freely with Glenn about her doubts and questions for the next 20 minutes. Then she stood up.

“I’m getting off here,” she said. “Thank you for the talk. You have given me a lot to think about. I’ll have to do some research.”

“I am sure you will find your way. I will think of you,” Glenn said.

Glenn meant it. The woman was the reason that he had worn the polo shirt in the subway.

Glenn dons the short-sleeved shirt as often as he can during the warm summer months. When he does, the shirt draws stares. Sometimes, the stares lead to conversations.

“I am not very bold,” Glenn explained in an interview. “I don’t go out to ring on doors. That is something that I am not comfortable with.”

But he does love Jesus, and he wants to be involved in gospel outreach. He also loves airplanes. So, he ordered the high-quality shirt from an online clothing company in Germany. The company customized the airplane and his name at his request.

“If I could be a tool to help people reconnect with God, that would be fantastic,” he said.

Glenn doesn’t know whether anyone has been drawn to Jesus or the Adventist message because of his shirt. But he is convinced that the Holy Spirit can use the shirt to start conversations.

“Let us meet people where they are at,” he said. “My job is not to make anyone an Adventist. That is the job of the Holy Spirit. Our job is to sow, and God will take care of the reaping.”

Glenn Lie, 55, is a teacher at Østmarka Seventh-day Adventist School, with about 100 students in grades 1-10, in Oslo, Norway. He also is a member and former youth pastor of Betel Seventh-day Adventist Church, which received part of a 2017 Thirteenth Sabbath Offering to open a youth community center in its basement.