by Chris Maxwell | Jul 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
(Thoughts from chapter eleven, Things We’ve Handed Down: Twelve Letters I Leave for You, based on the book, Why I Wake Early, by Mary Oliver.) Everything important doesn’t begin with a shout. Some begin with a whisper. A slow inhale. A quiet light spreading...
by Chris Maxwell | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog, Book Excerpts
(Thoughts from chapter ten of Things We’ve Handed Down: Twelve Letters I Leave for You, based on the book Wishful Thinking by Frederick Buechner.) There are writers whose words feel like home. Frederick Buechner is that kind of writer for me. Not just an author...
by Chris Maxwell | Jun 26, 2025 | Blog, Book Excerpts
(Thoughts from chapter nine of Things We’ve Handed Down: Twelve Letters I Leave for You, based on the book, Hope Has It’s Reasons, by Rebecca Pippert.) Hope. Not the flimsy kind of hope we tape onto our lives like a bandage....
by Chris Maxwell | Jun 24, 2025 | Blog, Book Excerpts
—thoughts from Chapter 8 in Things We’ve Handed Down:Twelve Letters I Leave for You (based on the book The Art of Being You by Bob Kilpatrick and Joel Kilpatrick). We often picture God like a mechanic—someone we call when things break down. The engine fails, the...
by Chris Maxwell | Jun 20, 2025 | Blog, Book Excerpts
I didn’t plan to write twelve books. (Explore Chris Maxwell’s Twelve books here.) I just kept writing—because I kept living, kept hurting, kept healing, kept listening, kept learning. The words came slowly, sometimes suddenly, shaped by invitations from Jesus, by deep...
by Chris Maxwell | Jun 18, 2025 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Over the years, I’ve seen countless trends, formulas, and quick-fix strategies for growing churches. Experts share flashy solutions and promise instant results. I’m not here to do that. I’m no expert. But after decades in ministry, I’ve learned a few things—lessons...
by Chris Maxwell | Jun 16, 2025 | Blog
Life moves fast. Too fast. We rush from one task to the next, barely pausing to notice the moments that make up our days. But what if we slowed down? What if we truly saw what was right in front of us? The Psalms remind us to treasure time, to be fully present with...
by Chris Maxwell | Jun 13, 2025 | Blog
We’ve been trained to count. Count heads in the room. Count dollars in the bank. Count followers, likes, scores, stats. Count the books sold. The sermons preached. The hands raised. The buildings built. The crowds gathered. And when the numbers aren’t high, we feel...
by Chris Maxwell | Jun 11, 2025 | Blog
Spring arrives, bringing new life. Trees budding, flowers blooming, the air warming. Then comes summer, stretching days longer, inviting us outside, shifting our schedules. But what if these seasons became more than just transitions in the calendar? What if they...
by Chris Maxwell | Jun 9, 2025 | Blog
Two audiobooks. One life-changing invitation. Some days feel like tightropes. Not the glorious kind of performance art. Just a weary walk over thin lines— between too much and too little, between burnout and boredom, between people-pleasing and falling apart. We...
