Slowly but surely Dory is checking off the items from her end of the term, end of the year, end of high school to do list. So, Sunday afternoon, we did another “Senior” thing. Dory’s class had their baccalaureate service.
I was reminded how little I knew about a baccalaureate service so I looked it up. Baccalaureate basically means bachelor, referring to the bachelor degree that colleges confer but it also refers to the baccalaureate service, a religious themed service containing a time of reflection and a farewell to the graduating class.
Now to Dory’s service. It was nice with the school choir singing and an inspirational speaker. However, it all seemed rather low key on the spiritual side. It was held at a church but the use of their building was their only involvement. The choir sang one verse of “Precious Lord” but that also happens to be their years old warm up piece. So, outside of a prayer there was very little religious about it which was a little disappointing. I know that Crockett County’s service is pretty overtly religious, so maybe it’s the difference between the “big city” and the “country.”
The bigger worry is that yet again, spiritual things are slowly being pushed out of the main stream. I assume there is some pressure to tone down the religious aspect so no one is “offended” but attendance is voluntary so that shouldn’t be a problem. However, I heard that Dory’s school is one of the few remaining that still has a baccalaureate service. Maybe it just doesn’t have the same meaning and importance it used to have.
All of this begs the question, “Why?” Did we, as Christians, stand on the sidelines too long, letting the world run the show? Were we too afraid of comments or backlash to speak up or stand up for God and our faith? It’s one thing to be militant and overbearing but it’s another to be so complacent in our faith that the world runs roughshod over us. May it never be! Jesus paid much too high a price for our souls for us not to stand up for Him! Let’s graduate to being bolder witnesses for Christ!
Until our next togethering,
love ya,
Bret
