Ethan Espenship and Jenna Von Burg

Description

What happens when two University of Central Florida students with differing politics sit down for a conversation?

When 23-year-old Ethan Espenship thinks about his faith, he describes himself as a “21st-century Christian” - not a bible thumper. When 21-year-old Jenna Von Burg thinks about her faith, she has a “very strong interest in the occult.”

The two sat down for a One Small Step conversation.

“I have always been very curious about other people's perspectives and opinions,” Von Burg said. “'I just like to understand people and their reasons behind the choices they make in their belief systems.”

Both Von Burg and Espenship are in a writing and rhetoric course at UCF together.

“This is a really cool opportunity to get to know someone in my class, meet someone from a different perspective,” Espenship said. “And I do international relations, and so I love learning about other people's backgrounds, no matter where they're from.”

Participants

• Ethan Espenship
  
• Jenna Von Burg
  
• Abe Aboraya
  

Interview By

• aaboraya