by Chris Maxwell | Dec 8, 2025 | Blog
You can feel it in the air. The slow shift. The eager waiting. The world hums with hope. Lights begin to appear on porches. Music returns to the airwaves. Our hearts remember what they almost forgot—the story that never grows old. Christmas is coming. But not...
by Chris Maxwell | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog, Book Excerpts
The dishes are done. The house is quiet. The leftovers have become reminders. Reminders of time. Reminders of grace. The rush slows, but reflection remains. We start thinking of what’s next—December, Advent, Christmas. But something inside us still lingers in...
by Chris Maxwell | Nov 27, 2025 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Remembering past Thanksgivings. Appreciating present ones. The table is full. So are our hearts. So are our stories. The noise of laughter and conversation fills the room. Plates clatter. Candles flicker. Someone tells a story that everyone’s already heard, and still,...
by Chris Maxwell | Nov 18, 2025 | Blog, Book Excerpts
The Last Day of Classes The last day of classes always sneaks up on us. We count the weeks. We count the hours. And suddenly, we’re counting memories. The halls echo differently today. There’s laughter, yes. But also sighs. A sense of something ending. A strange...
by Chris Maxwell | Nov 12, 2025 | Blog
I asked the students in my spiritual formation class who would volunteer to pray a specific way in a room where we had gathered. The place was significant. I told a little of the story—the history, the purpose of that room. I thought it would be an ideal location to...
by Chris Maxwell | Nov 4, 2025 | Blog
I read their stories—words written late at night, words carrying weight, words searching for release. I hear their testimonies— spoken softly, sometimes through tears, sometimes through smiles that hide what the heart still feels. I listen to creative confessions and...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 30, 2025 | Blog
They come to college to learn. To attend classes, complete assignments, study, write, take tests, and hope for good grades. They read and research. They work hard and stay up late. They carry heavy bags and heavier expectations. Learning—that’s the reason...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 26, 2025 | Blog
I arrived early Thursday morning. The School of Christian Ministry’s Oasis in Taylor Chapel was quiet—still, except for the whisper of memory. Empty seats waiting for voices. Walls remembering laughter. A room waiting for words. I sat there, before I spoke, before the...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 21, 2025 | Blog
Each day turns like a page in a book we didn’t write, yet we’re living every word. Days, like pages packed with stories, offer a mixture of information and emotion. Moods shift between the nouns and verbs, and paragraphs pulse with laughter—until, suddenly, the tone...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 20, 2025 | Blog
We don’t talk about endurance very often anymore. Not the kind that keeps going when you’re exhausted. Not the kind that chooses faith when everything in you wants to quit. But that’s what Paul handed down to Timothy in his final letter. And that’s what we need right...
