A Message to the Graduates: It’s Time to Fly Away

We raised you to leave us. It’s not natural for you to stay in the nest forever. We want to fly, to mount up with wings as eagles. For the graduating class of 2006, life is about to change a very dramatic way. I know you are excited about spreading your wings...

The Making of a Real World

I was recently asked to give an address at a celebration given for the high school graduates at our church. I offer an edited version of it here for other graduates and those around them. I thought I might make a list for you of all the big lies you have been told,...

Wanted: Students Willing to Serve

Over the next few weeks, nearly 3 million Americans will receive a high school diploma. If recent trends continue, record numbers of them will enter programs preparing for praiseworthy careers in law, health care and business. There is another statistical trend,...