(Here’s a timely goody from former editor Mike Brown from 2008.) Graduation speeches tend to be similar, and for a good reason. All speakers must tell the new graduates they are the future and they can be anything they want to be. That’s all true and fine and good.
From Shakespeare’s King Henry the Fifth: “Then shall our names, Familiar in his mouth as household words Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb’red.”
Jesus told us to love our neighbors the way we love ourselves (Mark 12:31). How do we do that when many times we do not even know our neighbors? Of course when the Rabbi spoke of neighbors He went beyond geographic boundaries but still how can I show love to someone I don’t even know? Maybe that’s the point? I need to make an effort to get to know my neighbor so I can be a fresh expression of God’s love.
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