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最近的毕业生：25届的卡尔文·哈洛
While reflecting on my last four years at Covenant, I thought back to two questions I was asked right at the beginning of my freshman year: “When was the last time you cried? 男人哭可以吗？”
的se are words that I, alongside the other freshmen on my hall, were asked in the back seat of a senior’s 4Runner on the way to a hall event at the beginning of freshman year. 我几乎不认识这些人。 I didn't know if I could trust them with that aspect of my vulnerability. I wanted to let them in on my joy, but I didn't want to let anyone in on my sorrow. 但是，孩子，我必须这样做。 It is honestly quite absurd—the amount of people at Covenant who have seen me cry. I've cried all sorts of tears for all sorts of reasons.
那些流泪的时刻
Whether it was sitting on a couch with the guys on my hall after receiving really hard news in November of my freshman year, or that March in Stephen Dillon's office when he evicted my illegal pet gerbil from Carter Hall. I cried tears of joy sophomore year when Thomas Drake ’23 scored the conference finals game winner over LaGrange—and tears of laughter that year when we put a beach on Third South. I've cried countless tears in Hannah Leanders’ office, navigating the ups and downs of life as an RA. And then the tears that flowed this year—watching the last soccer game on Scotland Yard. And they have been flowing in this last week, wrapping up a year with my nine beloved housemates.
失败、痛苦和哭泣的好地方
I would not be here graduating without so many of those who sat with me in the dirt—in these tearful moments. I've said for a long time that Covenant is one of the safest places to fail, suffer, and experience sorrow. I truly believe that one of the greatest road markers of the Lord's faithfulness in my life is that in these moments of sorrow and tears, I've been loved so well by people—some of whom I didn't know well at the time—who held me while I wept and reminded me that God loves me.
在基督里的团体和即将到来的国度
In a world where we feel more and more isolated, we have been so blessed to be totally surrounded by a loving community to remind us of the hope we have in Christ—the hope in a day with no more sorrow and no more tears. And though we mourn the effects of the fall now, we can hold onto the hope that God is faithful in the highs and in the lows, and that He is making all things new.
相信上帝，打电话给你的妈妈
This is the hope that I was pointed back to time and time again by the loving family that I gained at 威尼斯人平台, and this is the hope that I pray all the 2025 grads will take with us into this next season of life.
当我们离开圣约的时候，记住这一点：记住要相信你身边的人。 Remember to trust the Lord's faithfulness and plan in your life. And when things get hard, don't forget to call your mom. I love you all, so proud of you, and I can't wait to see what the Lord does with all of your lives. 来吧，苏格兰人。