by Chris Maxwell | Oct 23, 2018 | Blog
This week’s spiritual discipleship is discernment. Instead of a blog article, today we are posting biblical references from the New Testament on this topic. We encourage you to read each one, look at the context, and study more about seeking guidance from God. All...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 14, 2018 | Blog, Book Excerpts
This week’s emphasis is meditation. Today’s blog is originally from the book, Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. “Eastern meditation is an attempt to empty the mind; Christian meditation is an attempt to fill the mind. The two ideas are quite...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 9, 2018 | Blog
(This week’s spiritual discipline is service. Alicia Phillips wrote today’s blog.) Have you ever found yourself at the end of a rough day, when one simple act of service put a new spin on your day? Sometimes it is as simple as someone holding open the door for you,...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 3, 2018 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From: a slow and sudden God: 40 years of wonder. silence you are too often missing among us. we raise the noise. we add and add and add more sound to keep you out. we fail to know we need you. we crave you, but misinterpret desires, crafting new trends of sound,...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 2, 2018 | Blog, Book Excerpts
(We continue emphasizing a spiritual discipline each week. This week’s focus is on silence. Today’s comments are from Chris Maxwell’s book Pause For Moms: Finding Rest in a Too Busy World.) Seeing this chapter title’s two words, “A Retreat,” reminds me of many...
