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. […]
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? 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 […]
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 […]
Don’t over-estimate your role or potential impact this year — but don’t under-estimate it either!
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 […]