by Chris Maxwell | Dec 12, 2019 | Blog, Book Excerpts
This poem has been published in Unwrapping His Presence: What We Really Need for Christmas and a slow and sudden God: 40 years of wonder. the paper protected the present. it also presented the gift as something it wasn’t. colors, images. a cover, a mask. though...
by Chris Maxwell | Dec 11, 2019 | Blog, Book Excerpts
This poem has been published in Unwrapping His Presence: What We Really Need for Christmas and a slow and sudden God: 40 years of wonder. i am an infant, crawling around on the floor. staring up at the stairway, i long to rise; stand, walk,...
by Chris Maxwell | Dec 2, 2019 | Blog
Yes, much needs to change. Yes, we live with disappointments and struggles and grief and disagreements. Yes, the politics can disturb us. Yes, the lack of deep, honest relationships in our performance culture can concerns us. But look around. There is so much good....
by Chris Maxwell | Nov 18, 2019 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From the book Underwater: When Encephalitis, Brain Injury and Epilepsy Change Everything. Moods can change quickly. Let’s go back to six months after my illness. I felt excited about finally being considered seizure-free and being given permission to drive again. I...
by Chris Maxwell | Nov 15, 2019 | Uncategorized