Three Windows

Three Windows

Imagine a room with three windows. Walk toward one. As you open the blinds and glance through the window, you notice your past. You had expected to see a normal day: the birds outside, maybe a rabbit, a light drizzle, a picnic table in the back. But you saw faces,...
A Note to Pastors

A Note to Pastors

Dear Pastors, Leadership is important. Servant leadership is the Jesus example. Follow His method.   Don’t just see yourself as a typical CEO Leader. Lead, yes, but as a mentor, coach, counselor, servant.   Be honored to serve as a pastor. Do not take...
The Week

The Week

(from Pause with Jesus: Entering His Story in Everyday Life by Chris Maxwell, True Potential, 2015 – from Chapter Three: “The Journey” – to purchase visit: Amazon)   Hear Jesus calling religious leaders hypocrites and snakes. Hear Jesus...
The Eyes of Jesus by Russell Board

The Eyes of Jesus by Russell Board

Where turn the eyes of Jesus as He hangs upon the cross? They turn to me as if to implicate me in His loss.   He stares into my eyes, then deeper still into my soul; Voracious selfishness has turned it into a black hole. He knows full well the turbulent iniquity...
Happy Birthday, Mama

Happy Birthday, Mama

-Today’s blog is from the book Pause for Moms: Finding Rest in a too Busy World. Pick up your copy on Amazon.   My mind still plays scenes from those years with my mother. Carolyn Acker Maxwell’s smile and voice, laughter and conversations, songs and stories—so...