2022 Graduation Magazine

Page 70 CLASS OF 2022 LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.COM MAY / JUNE 2022 A few years later when Pharoah needed a dream interpreted, the cupbearer remembers Joseph. Pharoah sends for Joseph and Joseph’s moment of opportunity has come. Some may be wondering how in the world am I going to weave the threads of my life into something beautiful and meaningful that gives glory to God? The second key point Dalrymple then shared with graduates is “You are not the weaver of the tapestry of your life.” It is fundamentally not your responsibility. There is no way you can know the circumstances that will confront you next year, not to mention 20 years from now. The point Dalrymple was trying to make was not a philosophical or theological one about free will. What Dalrymple said he meant is it is your job to be faithful day to day and strive with the utmost integrity to follow Jesus Christ. God is the ultimate weaver of the tapestry. Lives are all the more meaningful and beautiful when woven by God’s skilled and loving hands. In Dalrymple’s life, each successive panel of the tapestry has reinterpreted all those before. All the ingredients and the threads have been woven in surprising and sometimes breathtaking ways. First, Dalrymple helped develop Patheos. Next, he founded a creative agency called Polymath that produced media content for museums, foundations, businesses and ministries. This work took Dalrymple’s gymnastic experience, university experience, ministry experience and Patheos experience and wove it all together in a completely unexpected way. Then Dalrymple was contacted to see if he was interested in the position of President and CEO of Christianity Today. Initially, Dalrymple did not feel the call, but was told to pray about it. Dalrymple tried to weave his own tapestry until September 2018 when he heard the words “my bride is beautiful.” She needs a story told. Those words fell upon Dalrymple’s shoulders like a weight of bricks. For all its flaws and failings, Dalrymple said the church remains the primary instrument of God’s redemptive grace and work in the world. The question for Dalrymple was who will tell the stories of men and women following the call of Christ and making a difference. Continue 8