Covenant High School Commencement 2006 Address by Nathan Lewis
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006“A Little Holiday from the Church�
Address of the Graduating Class of 2006
of Covenant High School in Tacoma, Washington
by Nathan E. Lewis
Permit me to weave a tangled web of parables about people taking holiday from the Church. Some of the characters are actual people I know and love while other characters I have created from a conglomerate of people I have observed at a distance. A young man graduated with honors from a Christian High School and enrolled in a Christian University declaring his major to be Biblical Studies. He attended chapel five days a week and with his dorm mates, he rose early on Wednesdays for prayer. But on Sundays, he slept late, did his laundry, and played Frisbee golf. He reasoned that he would never find as good a church as his home church an eight- hour drive from the campus. He was receiving fine preaching in chapel and superb teaching in his Bible courses. This young man, who hoped to be a pastor was taking a little holiday from the Church. (more…)