by Chris Maxwell | Feb 18, 2019 | Blog, Book Excerpts
This week’s spiritual discipline is “listening prayer.” This blog is from Pause: The Secret to a Better Life One Word at a Time We talk to God. He listens. We read God’s Word. He speaks. Call it a relationship, a renewal. Call it real life. Most of us know we...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 14, 2019 | Blog
I recently drove near the house where I lived my first twelve years. Parked on the lot of my elementary school which is closed now, memories rushed through the adventure of history. Feeling a basketball being dribbled on the hard ground and a shot off a backboard...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 12, 2019 | Blog, Conversations
Being honest and being a truth-teller are two different things. I learned the importance of honesty in seventh grade when, after an entire semester of forging my mother’s signature on my practice report for band, my parents made me go to my band teacher and confess my...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 6, 2019 | Blog
“Waiting” was our spiritual discipline for last week. But we wanted to use another story this week. Rev. Mike Myers, pastor of Heritage Presbyterian Church in Royston, GA, offers us these reminders about “waiting.” Before you read this, please go look up...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 4, 2019 | Blog, Book Excerpts
This week’s spiritual discipline is solitude. Today’s story is from Pause With Jesus: Encountering His Story in Everyday Life. The day was ending. More people came to Jesus. More were healed. More evil spirits came. More were rebuked. Then comes the part of the...
