I am a card carrying public school father.  For the most part, my kids have been in the public school system their entire school careers.  There were those few years we homeschooled our oldest daughter, but other than that, it’s been the public schools for us.  So, when I saw this church/Christian school sign, I was a bit taken back.

Maybe it’s because I wouldn’t characterize the schools my kids have gone to as bastions of sex, drugs, and violence.  Do problems like this exist at their schools?  Yes?  Are these things pervasive there?  No.  Are these things my #1 main concern about their schools?  Not even.

Maybe this bugs me because I know that Christian schools unfortunately have some of the same problems as public schools, and so I’m surprised this school would use this advertising technique.  I’m sure that there have been students at this school who have toyed around with sex, drugs, and violence.

Or maybe this bothers me because I wonder what the majority of the passerbyers think when reading this sign.  My guess is that most people are numb and cynical of the ways in which we Christians market ourselves and our “product.”  There has to be a better way.