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.

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