by Chris Maxwell | Sep 13, 2018 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From Chris Maxwell’s book Pause for Moms. A mother “graded” her family at the end of each day. On the refrigerator she would place letter grades each night for each child—all based on performance of duties and responsibilities and assignments. And also a grade for...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 10, 2018 | Blog, Book Excerpts
This week’s spiritual discipline is self-care. Some people dislike that word and assume it is selfishness. Actually, it is realizing we are people made in the image of God and we should treat ourselves like we really believe that. Today’s blog is from my book Pause...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 6, 2018 | Blog
(This week’s emphasis is compassion. But today’s blog takes us back to last week when we focused on spiritual friendships. Think about how the two disciplines fit together. How can better friendships and more compassion help us become people who make a positive...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog
We are continuing our emphasis on a different spiritual discipline each week. This week we focus on compassion. Today’s writer is Rev. Mike Myers, Pastor of Heritage Presbyterian Church in Royston, GA. Have you ever shaken hands with a lifelong carpenter? As...
by Chris Maxwell | Aug 30, 2018 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Healthy aloneness offers internal security that can propel us to pursue life together. Solitude can prepare us for community. Community can balance the wonder of solitude. While serving as a lead pastor, I also experienced the honor of meeting regularly with my...
