by Chris Maxwell | Apr 7, 2025 | Blog
Time doesn’t ask for permission. It moves, rushes, swirls like the wind, carrying us from one place to another before we’ve had time to gather our thoughts. Nineteen years ago, Orlando faded in my rearview mirror, and Royston rose ahead. A transition wrapped in...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 24, 2025 | Blog
We race. From meeting to meeting. From screen to screen. From this to that. From hurry to more hurry. When we wake from brief sleep to the moment we collapse again, we have minds buzzing, hearts racing, and souls aching. Busy! We are always busy. Reaching for the...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 21, 2025 | Blog
this march reminds me of that march. the month my mind changed. the month my brain weakened. the month my world shifted. the month my life switched. i don’t remember all the moments. memories are fog, broken pieces, puzzle parts lost. i remember many of the...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 3, 2025 | Blog, Book Excerpts
I continue adding comments about my latest book, Things We’ve Handed Down. So, it should not surprise you that today’s thoughts highlight the next chapter. This blog, and this chapter, come from the book Surprised by Joy from C.S. Lewis. As...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 26, 2025 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Edges. That is what life is, mostly. Edges. Think about that today. Your life. You life as mostly edges. Calvin Miller wrote a book about his life; titled Life is Mostly Edges: A Memoir. And I wrote about him and that book—and many of his other books, in chapter...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 12, 2025 | Blog
the night had been long. the nets, heavy with nothing. the sea, silent. the fishermen, exhausted. simon had done this before. he knew the patterns, the places, the patience required. but some nights, no matter how hard they tried, the fish...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 10, 2025 | Blog
I used to wait for contentment to find me. I thought it would arrive when life settled a little better, when circumstances aligned just right, when age provided wisdom. I imagined contentment as a gift showing up at my door, wrapped in quietness, peace, and ease. With...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 6, 2025 | Blog
the earth is His. not mine. not yours. not ours. not theirs. His. every mountain, every river, every wave, every breeze, every city, every forest, every silent night, every crisp morning, every person everywhere: His. we build, we...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 3, 2025 | Blog
Not everything in life deserves a wow. Not every book we read deserves a wow. But in That Deserves a Wow: Untold Stories of Legends and Champions, Their Wins and Heartbreaks, Emmy-winning broadcaster Chris Myers reflects on his illustrious career in sports. He fills...
by Chris Maxwell | Jan 28, 2025 | Blog
Jesus returned, walking dusty roadsback home, if He had a home.back to familiar faces,back to the places where stories started with laughter heard and lessons learned,where the synagogue’s wallsheld prayers heard during His childhood, His...