The graduates of Eastern Mennonite Seminary face a
paradox: They will be in positions of power and authority, but their
strength will emerge amid their ‘weaknesses and vulnerabilities.’
At the seminary’s 56th annual commencement held Apr. 30 in EMU’s Lehman
Auditorium, the speaker told the graduates that ‘power isn’t something we
have a right to but is entrusted to us by God. It can easily be usurped.’