Are you a leader on your campus? You don’t have to have an “official” title in order to be a leader. And just because you have a title doesn’t mean you’re a leader. Leadership can look, sound, and feel like a lot of different things. And if there’s one thing I’ve noticed that seems to […]
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. (Proverbs 4:23) Above all else… Guard your heart… For everything you do… Flows from it. Think about those four phrases for just a moment — and the profound truth that they illuminate. Above all else — meaning this is of the utmost […]
Have you ever stopped to notice how noisy our world is? How noisy your world is? In many ways you’ve grown up with a near constant buzz in your ear. TV, movies, music, the internet — all available to you on a variety of devices — that make it entirely possible for you to stay […]
As a culture I think we have overly romanticized the idea of drama — especially within the context of relationships. Watch most any primetime sitcom, romantic comedy, or reality show and you’ll get more relational drama than you’ll know what to do with. We also see relational drama between celebrities being broadcast over twitter feeds and hollywood news outlets. […]
What do you think about this statement? How about the fact that it was written long before most of you were born — a much more simple time, for sure. Noise. Hurry. Crowds. How do these three words define your life? If you measured each of those areas, on a scale from 1 t0 10, […]
Guest post from Michael Johnson at F-M-U.com In this weekend’s Date Night Advice, we finish off last week’s TOP10. #5: They both generate heat! Of course everyone knows we won’t be roasting marshmallows in the flames of the apocalypse. That fire is feared. However, the flames of passion can be every bit as dangerous. Instinctively […]
What do these words of Jesus mean to you? How do they shape your life — now, on campus? (Or do they?) It’s subtle, but did you catch the choice within this statement — If you remain in me… It sheds light on the reality that God will not force Himself on us. He wants […]
In his book, Invitation to a Journey, author M. Robert Mulholland Jr. writes, [quote author=”Robert Mulholland”]Everyone is in a process of spiritual formation! Every thought we hold, every decision we make, every action we take, every emotion we allow to shape our behavior, every response we make to the world around us, every relationship we […]
This was God’s promise to Abram when He called him out of the land of Ur — to go to a new place that God was preparing for him. As Christians, we can too easily become fixated on the part of this verse that focuses on Abram (and subsequently us) — the part about being […]
I’m excited to share some BIG NEWS with you — my second book: CAMPUS gODS: Exposing the Idols That Can Derail Your Present and Destroy Your Future will be published by Seedbed Publishing later this year. It’s a book addressing the many idols that vie for your attention and allegiance during your formative college years […]
God made you. He made your friends too. He also made those that you struggle to get along with, disagree with, and can’t stand to be around. We’re ALL His creation. His idea. His masterpiece! And He’s created us to do good works. Are you doing good works? If not, it’s time to get to […]