Each year we have a school wide theme. This year’s theme was “Lean On Me” (Hey, at least it wasn’t FROG: Fully Rely on God. I rescued the school from being egged or burned down by shooting that one down.) I created this mock up (below) for next year. We have had a real issue with unity. Our school is a Church of Christ affiliated institution. The ones who belong to conservative churches expect us to cater to them and those who go to progressive churches want us to favor them. Those who belong to other denominations feel (rightly?) they get mistreated or marginalized. I just want us to get along within the doors of the school. I believe that if we could just respect each other enough to care about one another Monday-Friday we could change the whole city. So, today, I floated this idea by the administration:

Army of ONE

I’m not one who loves to beat the Christian war drum. When I lead worship, I tend to shy (run) away from overtly patriotic songs and hymns like “Onward Christian Soldiers.” I just believe that UNITY is what we need at the school. Maybe that is what we will focus on next year. As long as we don’t choose DOG: Depend of God I’ll be fine.