Big Q: Who Would Be Your Ideal Commencement Speaker?

Leonard Nimoy

CHICAGO, IL (March 3, 2015) — Now that February is finally over, the Companion staff is ready for spring, which means warmer temperatures, new growth—and graduation ceremonies, complete with the ever-present commencement speaker. You might choose this option to occupy yourself during any especially uninspired speeches, but we’d like to know, if you could invite anyone living or dead to speak at your commencement ceremony, who would you ask—and why?

Gwen Ifill Commencement
Gwen Ifill

 

Answer in the comment section below, on Facebook, or email Cathy Norman Peterson. We’ll publish a selection of your responses in the May/June Companion as well as at covenantcompanion.com Please include your name, church, and the town where you live.

Picture of The Covenant Companion

The Covenant Companion

The Covenant Companion brings together stories and voices that connect, inform, and inspire. Subscribe to our print edition.
CONTINUE READING

Explore More Stories & News

News

After the Spokane Fires

The evacuation orders have been lifted. In Spokane, two congregations are settling in for the long work of rebuilding with their neighbors.

Commentary

Beyond Clenched Fists

Righteous anger, witnessed through injustice on the ground, becomes a spiritual invitation to act rather than remain with clenched fists.

Posts

Women Who Stayed: Covenant Witness in Solidarity

Three generations of Covenant women — Florence Towne, Carolyn Cedarleaf, and Jeannine Cedarleaf Nordlund — reveal how solidarity with neighbors facing injustice is caught, not taught.

Arts & Culture

The Church Is Open

With no children and no volunteers left after the pandemic, a North Minneapolis church restarted Vacation Bible School anyway, praying for twenty kids to show up.

Features

Wrestling with Hard Stories

Why is Ananias and Sapphira’s punishment so harsh? An honest reckoning with difficult passages.