Jesus in the Public School


I work as high school counselor. To some Conservatives, I am a traitor. I have heard more than one Right-Wing speaker say that we have kicked God out of the Public School. Ummm, that is impossible. God cannot be evicted from His Universe. God is in the Public School. If He were to withdraw, like a black hole, the building would implode into itself.

This is not to say that there is not a crisis in the public education realm. Questions of ultimate authority have practical consequences and they are dire. "Says Who?" is so much less sturdy than "Thus saith the Lord." One is a question with an uncertain answer, the other is a definitive statement. How can we assert the second without coming across as pompous know-it-alls, more self-righteous than anything? Give yourself away, serve cheerfully, show up daily, and do your best. Remember God works through you...your words, your attitude, your actions, and your life. Love all regardless of reciprocity. It is harder than it sounds...Jesus must be in us.

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