by Chris Maxwell | Feb 29, 2016 | Blog
a cage, heart-prison, my security; a rage growing in obscurity; a page turning to day and place. priorities of present time and space reverse inside the Truth, remain off center inside the mind. climbing trees for a distant glimpse; touching threads for an...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 24, 2016 | Conversations
I asked James Watkins, the author of The Imitation of Christ: Classic Devotions in Today’s Language, to tell me about this modernized and organized edition of Thomas à Kempis’ best-seller of 500 years. Jim directed me to the actual words of this amazing author: ...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 22, 2016 | Blog, Book Excerpts
(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) The wedding didn’t go quite as they had planned. The wine was missing....
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 17, 2016 | Blog
(poetic confession written after counseling a friend many years ago) groping still for coping skills that permanently alter pain. too often the ticks only complicate the tension plunging me into a maze of hostile design and hidden doubt; nailing me to...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 15, 2016 | Blog
cheap shots from the gallery wear us down over time. at first, we are prepared, and the initial attacks meet the resistance of zeal and determination. the questions come and we listen and we learn, or we laugh. but, like a boxer tiring from repeated body blows,...
