by Chris Maxwell | Aug 12, 2015 | Blog
Last Sunday I wasn’t traveling, so I was able to attend our home church. At Upward Hartwell, Pastor Tony spoke on “Scars.” We all know about those. We each have experienced various types of injuries in life. Scars remain. Physical, mental,...
by Chris Maxwell | Aug 6, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy on Amazon or HERE. I try to welcome what is there but rarely noticed. Throughout these pages we’ve highlighted one word at a time. The hope has been to...
by Chris Maxwell | Aug 3, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy on Amazon or HERE. I place my order of a sandwich plate and a water. I pause and begin letting the authors provide their own words of wonder. Annie Dillard...
by Chris Maxwell | Jul 30, 2015 | Blog
(originally published August, 2009) Soon school begins again. Students enter the experience of learning. Classes and books and tests and assignments. Expectations, explanations, information, application. Exciting lessons, boring lessons, confusing lessons. The...
by Chris Maxwell | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy on Amazon or HERE. Let us listen. Let us be silent. And listen. But how? Noticing, as we considered in the previous chapter, is a start. Noticing our...
