Author: Guy Chmieleski
Guy is the Founder and President of Faith On Campus. He is also the University Minister at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. He is the author of Shaping Their Future: Mentoring Students Through Their Formative College Years and CAMPUS gODS: Exposing the Idols That Can Derail Your Present and Destroy Your Future.
When a Job Doesn’t Feel Like a Job
When does a job not feel like a job? Simple — when you know it to be a calling. One of the biggest secrets to making the most of your formative college years is allowing God the space to speak to you — about you. How you were designed and gifted. How you were infused […]
Is Your Technology Distracting You? Controlling You?
Does this image look like it could have been captured on your campus? Would you fit into this photo? And what I mean by that is, have people learned to recognize you by the top of your head and the casing of your phone — because you’re always looking down at it? For as fun, […]
Look At Things Differently
Could you benefit from a change of perspective? Is there a situation, circumstance, relationships, or some other context in your life that would be well served from you reconsidering it from another vantage point — or another’s vantage point. Truth is, we could all benefit from this, from time to time. Yet there often come […]
We Are Products of Our Past…
We are products of our past… But we don’t have to be prisoners of it. It has shaped us to be who we are today, but it does not define us. Nor does it dictate our future. And would you actually believe that God can redeem our past and use it — for His glory, […]
Live Life Like Nobody Is Watching
In a culture that suggests we should share every moment of our lives — on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or elsewhere– how do you live an authentic life? Do you know what I mean? How do you live a life that is true to who you are, and what you are really about — without trying […]
Does Your Love Look Like This?
The world needs more love — and more loving people. How can you help the world in this way? How can you be a beacon of love on your campus? How can you make a difference in someone’s life today? Be the love you want to see in the world.
Don’t Be Afraid to Ask
This is my son pictured above. He just started 3rd grade. And this is a shot of him yesterday mowing the lawn — for the very first time. I didn’t ask him to mow, he asked me. In fact, it started a couple of weeks ago with him asking if he could help me mow. […]
Everyone Thinks of Changing the World…
Do you need to hear this today? How does this thought need to shape your life and the different roles you will play in this new academic year?
Do You Run From Responsibility?
Do you run from responsibility? Or do you embrace it? It’s a fair question — especially given the season of life that you’re in. Not long ago (until sometime during the 1960s or 70s) graduation from college signaled a transition from adolescence to adulthood. Young people back then received their diploma, got a job, got […]
Opportunity Looks A Lot Like Hard Work
I’m guessing you’ve probably seen this video of Chris (Ashton) Kutcher accepting his Teen Choice award. If not, you need to check it out. Why? Because, in short, Kutcher debunks the kind of life and lifestyle he has led (and pursued) for much of his life. It’s the same kind of life and lifestyle that […]
I Alone Cannot Change the World…
Don’t over-estimate your role or potential impact this year — but don’t under-estimate it either!