Critical Yeast-A Message to the Class of 2017 To the class of 2017, if I had to think of one thing that I want to do before you officially graduate, it is to give you a blessing. Yes, a blessing, not one of a blessed day, or a blessed life but for tonight, I want you to have the blessing of yeast. Yes, yeast -- the stuff that makes bread rise--I give you the blessing of critical yeast. You see you will be told in life, that in order to truly make an impact, you will need a critical mass--lots of people, big places, big jobs, big bucks--things on a grand scale. But waiting for a big stage is a tall order and that may be a wait that can last forever. But theologian and thinker, John Lederbach, points out that to truly make an impact, to make change, we need people to act like yeast.* Why yeast? Yeast has to move and mingle with the dough to have an impact. It is kneaded and mixed into the mass and has “capacity to generate growth in others.” Class of 2017, get involved
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