ALL RESOURCES BY Mike Chalk
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To Be a Life-Giving Memory >
A few years ago, I faced cancer surgery and my level of anxiety was high.
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Change Your Attitude, Change the World >
I used to tell one of my children, "You have an attitude problem."
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Courageous Leadership >
Leadership is about challenge not comfort, adventure not safety. That's why strong leaders often create some anxiety. Leadership moves a community to the place where answers are not easy to find.
Not long after Moses led the Israelites…
Forgiveness and Accountability in the Workplace >
Forgiveness is one of the most misunderstood words in the Christian vocabulary. We often associate it with forgetting, but we need to forgive because we cannot forget what someone did.
The Divine Wisdom of Collaboration >
The leader must allow the team to be the hero. Instead of working to command and control, the leader should provide the right balance of guidance and space for the group to think new and creative thoughts.
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Perseverance in the Age of the Quick Fix >
Our relationship with God comes with our expectations of what He will do for us. We want results now, and God responds too slowly.
The Gift of Dignity >
Fifty years ago in Montgomery, Alabama, an unassuming black woman decided that her dignity was nonnegotiable. Instead of relinquishing her seat to a white man and moving to the back of the bus, she refused and paid the consequences. Today she is among…
Authentic Peace >
When we think of "peace," we tend to think of stability, tranquility. Jesus promises, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you . . ." (John 14:27), and our minds conjure a stress-free, carefree existence. I can understand why: life without…
Wisdom from Unexpected Sources >
While I am grateful for the "Bartlett's Quotations" strata of men and women who speak through outstanding books or speeches, it is among the many less notable individuals that I hear most about God and life. Consider that . . .
• In the business…
The Discipline of Uselessness >
We tend to believe we are most effective when we are busy, and to an extent that is true. Tasks have to be performed, and goals have to be accomplished.
But perpetual activity can also fragment our lives, rapidly shifting us from one thing to another,…
The Discipline of Daily Vision >
We live in times of impaired vision. People do not perceive God, because they fail to nurture the skill of looking for and finding Him in everyday life. Alertness to God is a discipline—another word for ongoing prayer.
When Jesus appears in the gospel…
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Claiming Integrity in a Crisis >
Our country is starved for virtuous leaders whose word can be counted on.
The Gift of Pain >
On Halloween two years ago at 11:02 a.m., my doctor called to tell me I had cancer. Time stopped and fear gripped me. In overwhelming pain, suffering, or news of one's condition, one tends to go inward, cut himself off, believe nobody could understand.…
A New Creation >
A central theme of Paul's writings can be summed up in two words: "new creation." In his second letter to the Corinthians, Paul writes, "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come." (2 Cor. 5:17) …
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Dignity Lost and Found >
Human dignity is a precious commodity. Without it, people believe they have no personal significance.
Patient Living >
Patience is not a natural virtue for modern men and women—not on the freeway, in line, or in the workplace. Why ever wait on others or delay our own plans?
Earlier this week, I drove behind a car that missed several opportunities to turn left. I…
