I'm sharing my remarks from this morning's SEU Choral Hall ribbon cutting below for those who might be interested.
It is my honor and privilege to speak to you today on behalf
of the music faculty.
We could not be more grateful or more deeply touched by the
fact that our university’s administration and all of you generous donors have
made this moment possible. You should know
that scores and scores of alumni, as well as faculty members who came before
us, are rejoicing because they dreamed of this day, and they committed to our
programs even though they had no hope of benefitting from the exquisite
experience of learning and working in a wonderful space like this.
They left us a legacy of “excellence with anointing.”[1] It
is our joy to carry on that tradition much more fully equipped because of your
giving. In this room, we will continue to train students for artistic distinction
and we will provide them with paths to professional fulfillment.
But we will also challenge them with holy questions -
But we will also challenge them with holy questions -
questions like: “What are you doing
with your for music?” . . .
questions like: “Whom are you loving with your music?[2]”
So I feel confident in telling you that by building this
facility you have invested in students who will make a difference in this world
and the next.
Like Miriam in the desert, they will teach their peers what and
how to celebrate.[3]
Like Moses on the banks of the Jordan, they will sing out
the history that should not be forgotten.[4]
Like Joshua at Jericho, they will play down walls that need
to fall. [5]
Like David with Saul, they will calm the souls of the
troubled. [6]
And like Paul and Silas in the dungeon, they will worship
and God will move.[7]
We know these students, and that is what they’re going to
do.
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