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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]