by Chris Maxwell | Jan 14, 2025 | Blog
As I’m writing this blog I’m listening to “Pilgrim,” a song by John Mark McMillan. The lyrics remind me of my mood while I was writing chapter five in my book Things We’ve Handed Down: Twelve Letters I Leave for You. Like each chapter in this book, I wrote about my...
by Chris Maxwell | Jan 7, 2025 | Blog
Our dependable source of accurate information, AI, has informed me that the average person hears between 20,000 to 30,000 words each day. And, that the average person says around 15,000 to 16,000 words each day. I’m not sure how many I have heard or stated...
by Chris Maxwell | Dec 30, 2024 | Blog
Our flight has ended. Our next trip now begins. The plane has landed. Another plane is taking off. What did you enjoy from your journey 2024? What lessons did you learn? What struggles did you endure? What encounters did you enjoy? What parts of...
by Chris Maxwell | Dec 24, 2024 | Blog
Months bring their moods. They arrive in a hurry and depart even faster. But they bring tradition, memories, stories, experiences. December always does. In my younger years, the twelfth month brought her weather and her holidays. Christmas easily became my...
by Chris Maxwell | Dec 12, 2024 | Blog
Today is 12/12. Actually 12/12/24. “Things We’ve Handed Down: Twelve Letters I Leave for You” is my 12th book. It has 12 chapters. Some people have purchased 12 copies to give away to others. So, I guess 12 is an important number. At least for this...
by Chris Maxwell | Dec 2, 2024 | Blog
Every year she arrives. Driving in a hurry, rushing at a speed faster than the previous year’s pace, she is here. After December drives this way, she doesn’t slow down. The hurry continues. I’m looking now at my schedule. The plans, the events, the...
by Chris Maxwell | Nov 30, 2024 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Chapter three in Things We’ve Handed Down is, like each chapter in the book, a letter. And it is, like each chapter, based on a book which impacted my life. And this chapter, like chapter two, is about wounds. We know about wounds. We have all experienced wounds. We...
by Chris Maxwell | Nov 23, 2024 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Well, if you made it through chapter one of Things We’ve Handed Down: Twelve Letters I Leave for You, please keep reading. That first chapter included comments from people about their struggles and hurts, statistics about what is wrong with this world, and reflections...
by Chris Maxwell | Nov 14, 2024 | Blog
How do you begin a book? Start with humor? Offer an inviting story? To lure readers to dive in and stay in the stream of words, what is the best literary enticement? How should I begin my book, Things We’ve Handed Down: Twelve Letters I Leave for You? I...
by Chris Maxwell | Nov 11, 2024 | Blog
Do you use either of these two words? Peculiar? Treasures? Do you ever use them together: peculiar treasures? I rarely say, or write, peculiar. I rarely state, or type, treasures. I rarely mention, or journal, peculiar treasures. But in my book Things...
