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...
by Chris Maxwell | Jun 6, 2025 | Blog
Dear Debbie, Before we ever said “I do,” we walked side by side as friends—learning each other’s laughter, quirks, and quiet strengths. But on June 6, 1981, we took a new kind of step. That day was the beginning of us as one—the start of a journey only God could...
by Chris Maxwell | May 24, 2025 | Blog
Imagining I was having breakfast with Jesus changes the way I view mornings. I’ve written similar stories like this in two of my books. I’ve written journal entries often, imagining sitting beside Jesus and eating a meal with him. But this one? It was different....
by Chris Maxwell | May 16, 2025 | Blog
Some voices lift us. Some voices drain us. And sometimes the heaviest voice is our own. In a world flooded with negativity, it’s easy to join the noise without even noticing. But maybe it’s time to pause. To listen. To rethink the words we speak and the weight they...
by Chris Maxwell | May 6, 2025 | Blog
We gathered again—this time at the Hilton Branson Convention Center in Branson, Missouri—for the annual Evangelical Press Association convention. A different location every year. A familiar purpose every time. It always feels like a journey—like we’ve boarded the same...
by Chris Maxwell | May 4, 2025 | Blog
I’ve walked through hotel hallways and down convention center corridors in cities I don’t call home—but ones that hold pieces of my story. Grand Rapids. Chicago. Orlando. Nashville. San Diego. Atlanta. Indianapolis. Oklahoma City. Colorado Springs. Lancaster....
by Chris Maxwell | May 2, 2025 | Blog
The stage is set. Caps are tossed high like prayers in the wind. Tears find their way down smiling cheeks. Laughter echoes across the crowd. Smiles spread. Phones are held high—today’s modern lens of remembering. Applause rises and lingers, like it’s reaching into...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 24, 2025 | Blog
I wasn’t looking for it. Not really. I had searched through rooms before, digging through the past, but this time was different. I was only reaching for a pair of socks, choosing that time to go deeper in the drawer. A simple shift found a tiny book stacked...
