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Live where you thrive meaning6/25/2023 Christ turns everything our world values on its head. We aren’t the captains of our souls, and heads must be bowed. To thrive means that we are not preeminent. I believe the key to preparing our students for a life of flourishing is in our school’s motto: In all things, Christ preeminent. If this is the vision of the Good, True, and Beautiful our Seniors are facing, what are they to do? What good is a Covenant education in the face of such pervasive confusion? Though I have pulled from two poems, you can find the same message in our movies, novels, politicians, and sports. We live in a world that is profoundly confused. ![]() Who doesn’t want control, no limits, and a full life where we get all the credit? But, we know how this ends. I’m not above the vision of life Elsa and Henley present. In sum, the good that our lives should consist of is an unconquerable soul, an unbowed head, and ultimately a self-sufficient life in reference to nothing outside of ourselves. He wraps the poem up with the most famous line: In 1875, William Earnest Henley wrote a poem titled Invictus. This attitude is not new – and modern culture is not to bear the blame alone. This attitude is quite popular with my 4-year-old. To thrive means to test limits and to break through to a world where there is no right, no wrong, no rules for me. One of the “Let it Go” lyrics states:Įlsa tells us that we – the modern expressive individual – are the source of our breakthrough. If we take a cue from a wildly popular song – our Seniors were 9 years old when they first heard it – we can get a glimpse of what they are facing. ![]() What does it mean for a Covenant graduate to thrive in college and beyond? What will it mean for our seniors to thrive in our current culture?
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