by Chris Maxwell | May 15, 2024 | Blog
For everything there is a season. The Roystonian is a restaurant where I’ve eaten often. Long ago. Recently. Regularly. Many memories of many meals on many mornings with many people through many seasons. Conversations. Laughter. Confessions. Stories. Ideas. Hopes....
by Chris Maxwell | May 1, 2024 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From the book Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. How can I become better at living what I claim to believe? How can I stay true—no matter the temperature or time or hurts or fears or thrills—to promises I believe and pledges I’ve...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 26, 2024 | Blog
My twelfth book will be released October 1. What’s this book about? Books. “Things We’ve Handed Down” is a collection of letters I’ve written about books which impacted my life. I offer thoughts on the books while writing honest stories of my own reflections and...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 23, 2024 | Blog
The sound of water alerts us. Or reminds us. Or informs us. The rain falls. The waterfalls drops. The water bottle waits. The ocean shouts. The river runs. In a recent Chapel service, the sound of water at baptism alerted and reminded and informed. I heard...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 5, 2024 | Blog
All of you who know me know that I love the Psalms. I read them. I pray them. I sing them. I study them. I write my own versions of them. I listen to other people read them. It helps us to grasp the meaning of the ancient prayers when we see them as that:...