Ideas for Commencement Speech Please...

[Semper Fidelis]

I have to deliver a commencement speech in a week. It's quite an honor for me. I'll be delivering it to service members and spouses who attend a satellite campus out here and have earned their degrees from Central Texas College.

I've got a few ideas in my head. Do any of you have any killer quotes about knowledge, wisdom, and education?

I actually intend to use a bit of the Proverbs and Ecclesiastes to speak of the futility of knowledge attained "under the sun" that does not pursue Wisdom but I need to flesh that out.

My intent is to encourage them in their pursuit of knowledge but to get them to start thinking about the aim or chief end of knowledge and not merely the pursuit of material gain.

 

[eternallifeinchrist]

Fantastic ideas! I like how wisdom is linked to Christ. Maybe this would open up a way to share the good news how Christ died for us and rose from the dead so that we will be caught up with him.

I was thinking earlier about Joseph being a carpenter and Jesus probably being involved in that. Isn't it cool to think about God coming to earth and choosing that as his profession???

 

[staythecourse]

Knowledge puffs up but loves builds up

"I'd throw everything I learned out the window to know Christ" says Paul ismw

Those things pertain im my life. Hope it goes well with you. Tell us when you get back from it. Godspeed.