MARC KHEDOURI BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS

“We aren’t watching you anymore. We aren’t hoping you’ll turn out ok anymore. It’s more than that. Class of 2023, we are counting on you! For what, you ask?

“In the words of Jesus, to be salt and light in a world that doesn’t like either; to resist conformity but rather to be ‘transformed by the renewing of your mind;’ to be men and women of honor and integrity, whose ‘yes’ is yes and whose ‘no’ is no, men and women whose word is their bond, men and women for whom honor is woven deeply and inextricably into the very fabric of their lives.

“We are counting on you to bring hope and healing where there is despair and discord. We are counting on you to see the issues that face us through the lens of scripture and not through the lens of politics. We are counting on you to make the world a better place – to know Him and to make Him known. We are counting on you to remember God is good, even when life isn’t. We are counting on you when you stumble, and you will, to get up and keep running the race. We are counting on you to practice radical forgiveness – the 70 times seven kind – and to keep no record of wrongs, to forgive as you’ve been forgiven. We are counting on you.”