Prayer in Schools

Prayer in Schools

Thank God that students and teachers may still pray in schools. They pray in the classrooms, lunchrooms, bathrooms, locker rooms, band rooms, gyms, hallways, office, clinic, library, and the shop. They have also been known to pray on the practice field, at the stadium, around the flag pole, and in meetings. They pray before and after games, during graduation, and on field trips. They pray silently, aloud, alone, or in groups. Their prayers often move mountains.

Politicians cannot find prayer in schools because they are looking for the wrong things. They think prayer looks like a political rally where everyone is screaming over everyone else, calling each other terrible names, and ignoring the rights, feelings, and wishes of every listener within earshot. They have forgotten that Jesus preferred the quiet prayer from a penitent soul rather than the self indulgence of the street corner screech.

What would Jesus do? Sadly shake his head and wonder how we have gotten it so wrong for so long. The still, small voice of God is difficult to hear in middle of a whirling dervish.


Shhhhhh.