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| Class of 2000, BS Biology |
My freshman year at Meredith College, I joined with my
classmates in signing the Honor Code during Orientation at the Annual
Honor Code Ceremony. The honor code
affirms each student’s sense of personal honor and responsibility. The honor code at Meredith is self-governed and
all students personally pledge to uphold it.
The honor code allowed us to live as a community because we all agreed
to hold certain behaviors/actions in common.
Living in community is difficult and yet it is something as
Christ followers that we should desire.
Scripturally, followers’ make-up the body of Christ, the community, the
church. We can turn to God’s word for
behaviors/actions that we should hold in common. The Ten Commandments and Jesus’ teaching from
the Sermon on the Mount are important for determining our behaviors. I would like to suggest that if we practice
loving God and loving neighbor, we can share life together. In fact, I believe the most tangible way to
love God is to love my neighbor. Life
together happens when we seek to love one another as God in Christ has loved
us.
As a United Methodist, I am reminded of a quote by our
leader, john Wesley who said, “Though we cannot think alike, may we not love alike?
May we not be of one heart, though we are not of one opinion? Without all
doubt, we may. Herein all the children of God may unite, notwithstanding these
smaller differences.” In our Christian
communities, theological differences may separate us, but if we desire to live
honorably, I pray that love can unite us.
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