Graduating Into Upheaval

June 14, 2020

Joseph Bednarik

Spring is the time when hundreds of thousands of students and scholars dress in robes and mortar boards to participate in ceremonies and receive their well-earned diplomas and degrees. In 2020, people are moving across a virtual stage in the midst of a global pandemic and economic recession while thousands of protests call attention to police violence, systemic racism, and white supremacy. This sermon explores the current world these graduates are entering, and what they are being called to do.