Thoughts on Underwater by Gary Rice

Thoughts on Underwater by Gary Rice

If you think Underwater is a book just for those who are dealing with illness or brain injury, you would be wrong. There are so many insights to everyday life for everyone in this book by Chris Maxwell.  I found the parallels in Chris’ medical adventure to echo the...
Clarke Sowell’s Thoughts on Underwater

Clarke Sowell’s Thoughts on Underwater

It’s 4:30 AM. Most of the world is asleep, resting for their day to come. Not Chris Maxwell. He’s up. He’s swimming upstream, not placated by the pain of memories brutally familiar. He invites us. He gestures that we come and see the mystery submerged below our...
Jesus Here and Now

Jesus Here and Now

Recently, my mind flooded with wild thoughts. What if Jesus came here? What if He came here today? No, I don’t mean His second coming. I mean His first. Suppose He was born in a homeless shelter in downtown Orlando. Since the stars are dimmed by the glare of city...
Not Alone by Regina Stafford

Not Alone by Regina Stafford

As I was reading the chapter written by my former campus pastor, out of his book Underwater, I realized that I was not alone. Chris Maxwell, the author, speaker, and man of God, had bravely written about his journey through surviving encephalitis, brain injury and...