Michael WardenMar 135 minHow to Own Your FearFear in itself is not dangerous. But refusing to feel it definitely is.
Michael WardenFeb 263 minHow Do You Fix a Broken World? Start With Yourself. Addressing the nonsense in the world must begin with addressing the nonsense in ourselves—or it doesn't begin at all.
Michael WardenFeb 153 minWhy You Need "No-Agenda, Non-Doing" TimeWhen I am overwhelmed, "on a scale of 1 to 10, I’m feeling my emotions at about a 10, I'm paying attention to them at about a 5, and I...
Michael WardenFeb 122 minThe Surprising Power of “Slow and Present” Leadership“Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your...
Michael WardenFeb 51 minWHEN YOU DO NOT KNOWWHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW Do not despise the sinking dread Do not turn away from that hollow ache To not know is to be human. Do not hate the...
Michael WardenJan 302 min“Head Only” Decision-Making VS. Discernment"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." — Albert Einstein Typically, when I talk with leaders...
Michael WardenJan 184 minWhy “Head Only” Leadership Just Won’t Cut It Anymore"As leaders, we've been taught to operate within a very narrow band of awareness. On any given day, most of who we are is largely absent...
Michael WardenJan 93 min5 Simple Ways to Promote Burnout and Lose Talent"Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others." — John Maxwell The Great Resignation...
Michael WardenJan 21 minFIND MEFIND ME My eyes rise to reveal these wet cheeks glowing under the pale cast of the winter moon Skyward, I lift up my cry, a frail lament,...
Michael WardenDec 1, 20213 minA 4-Step Process to Dethrone Fear"Fear has gained a big foothold in the lives of men, precisely because men deny fear and won't deal with it." — Richard Rohr Whenever we...
Michael WardenNov 18, 20213 minHow to Be More Grateful Moment to Moment“Stillness…makes space for gratitude and wonder.” — Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key Gratitude is good for you. By now I bet you’ve...
Michael WardenNov 7, 20214 minOnly God Can Tell You Who You Are“Now with God’s help, I shall become myself.” — Søren Kierkegaard When you come into this life, the world starts making demands on you,...
Michael WardenOct 24, 20212 minI'm Writing a New Book! (Sneak Peek)Couple of firsts for me this week to let you know about: 1. I started learning how to use InDesign, Adobe's desktop publishing software,...
Michael WardenOct 12, 20213 minWhy is God so Hard to find?"You should act more responsibly, God, with all that gorgeousness you possess." — Mira One of the most challenging paradoxes about God is...
Michael WardenSep 26, 20213 minYou Are Still Being Created"Surely everything He has made must be perfect." — St. Francis We misunderstand God’s creative process in us. We think the work of...
Michael WardenSep 21, 20212 minThe Art You May Become“Art is the conversation between lovers. Art offers an opening for the heart. True art makes the divine silence in the soul break into...
Michael WardenSep 13, 20212 minWhether You Comply Or Resist, Don't Give in to Contempt and Hate“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.” - 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 I love...
Michael WardenAug 8, 20215 minThe "Pandemic That Just Won’t End" Survival Guide"You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of...
Michael WardenJul 11, 20213 minYou Have to Pray Naked“Prayer should bring us to an altar where no walls or names exist.” — Rabia The great challenge of prayer is that it only works when...
Michael WardenJul 3, 20211 minCONSIDER THE SKYCONSIDER THE SKY Where do you travel hidden in shadow, your black waves in ecstasy, churning under the broad, undulant wings of Seraphim...
Michael WardenJun 12, 20212 minWaking Up“A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery...
Michael WardenMay 15, 20214 minOwning Your Leadership Impact“Of all deceivers fear most yourself!” – Søren Kierkegaard As fictional leaders go, nobody beats Michael Scott for awkward. In the...
Michael WardenApr 26, 20212 minWhat If? (an exercise in possibility)“Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your...
Michael WardenApr 12, 20213 min3 Ways to Create More Joy in Your Life“We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea and to be thrilled with a rose that...
Michael WardenFeb 27, 20212 minSay Yes to the LongingWe have a duty to befriend Those aspects of obedience That stand outside of our house And shout to our reason “O please, O please, Come...
Michael WardenFeb 27, 20211 minTHE END TIMESTHE END TIMES Stretch out your hands Here, at the bleeding edge Here, at the trembling cusp of everything Bless the bright canyon into...
Michael WardenFeb 14, 20212 min"Grace-Filled" Leadership Isn't What You Think It Is"Grace, she takes the blame, she covers the shame, removes the stain." — U2 I do a lot of work in churches and faith-based NPOs. In both...
Michael WardenJan 25, 20215 min4 Keys to Becoming Your True Self in Christ“Each has within him a secret of the Divinity; each is growing towards the revelation of that secret to himself, and so to the full...
Michael WardenJan 11, 20215 min3 Keys to Living Wholehearted in Difficult TimesI took a walk with God yesterday. I’ve had this nagging question in my heart, and I wanted to get to the bottom of it: Why do I have this...
Michael WardenJan 6, 20211 minWHAT IT'S LIKEWHAT IT’S LIKE (6th of January 2021, a Wednesday) Here is what it’s like: You’re standing on the cliff’s edge over a deep dry canyon of...
Michael WardenDec 15, 20201 minONLY WONDER KNOWSONLY WONDER KNOWS You’ll never really know anything until you’ve listened to the worship of glaciers or for long quiet days bent your ear...
Michael WardenDec 13, 20203 minChecking Your Position (A Year-End Life review)"All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The Big art is our life." — M.C. Richards When back country hiking through unfamiliar...
Michael WardenDec 13, 20203 minYou Have to Live the Questions“It is by learning the questions slowly and attentively that we are drawn into the depth of things, and, frankly, the sadness of things,...
Michael WardenNov 30, 20203 minNow is the Time for Peacemakers“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” (Matthew 5:9) The Greek word for “peacemakers” in the quote from...
Michael WardenNov 14, 20203 minThe BraveHeart Intensive: Why Only Courageous Men Sign Up“Each man has only one genuine vocation—to find the way to himself....His task is to discover his own destiny—not an arbitrary one—and to...
Michael WardenNov 2, 20202 min30 Ways to De-Stress This Week“Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others.”...
Michael WardenOct 22, 20201 minWILL YOU?WILL YOU? I came to the edge beyond the yowling cities of the Earth beyond the yearning harbor of Círden beyond the lost shores of...
Michael WardenSep 30, 20201 minINTERSTITIAL SLIPSTREAMINTERSTITIAL SLIPSTREAM I seek you in the maelstrom of the mundane world my finger on the pulse of that eternal thread that lives between...
Michael WardenSep 2, 20206 min7 Keys to Sensemaking in a Time of Fake News“Sensemaking…refers to how we structure the unknown so as to be able to act in it. Sensemaking involves coming up with a plausible...
Michael WardenAug 7, 20204 minYou Must Get to Know Your Shadow"The self that God consistently loves is not my prettied-up pretend self but my actual self—the real me. But, master of delusion that I...
Michael WardenJul 31, 20204 minYou Must Let Go of Your False Self“The heart has to shed the distractions that keep it from knowing the truth about itself… you won't be what you are until you stop...
Michael WardenJul 15, 20201 minLET THERE BELET THERE BE Let there be light and agents of light you and me with eyes wide open seeing as we’re meant to things as they are Let us...
Michael WardenJul 13, 20204 minYou Must Die to Your Reputation“To be nobody but yourself—in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else—means to fight the hardest...
Michael WardenJun 29, 20207 minHow to Be a Courageous ListenerWhat the world needs now is the courage to listen.
Michael WardenJun 1, 20208 minWhat Now? The Art of Living in Uncertain TimesHow do you live well when "Normal" isn't an option anymore?
Michael WardenMay 21, 20202 minCreating A New NormalDownload this FREE Step-by-Step Guide to help you and your family design your New Normal together.
Michael WardenApr 20, 20204 minNow is the Time to Re-Dream the FutureNothing should go back to normal. Normal wasn’t working. If we go back to the way things were, we will have lost the lesson. May we rise...
Michael WardenApr 12, 20204 minThe Art of Lament: Honoring What's Been Lost“As global waves of grief wash over us, we are finally waking up to the understanding that tears speak louder than words—they are not...