by Chris Maxwell | Apr 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
I was driving to our church’s Good Friday service and forgot. My mind was moving fast and I planned to take my former route to Goldmine. I failed to remember the road was blocked. Then I saw the sign: Detour. One word reminded me about the changes being made, about...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 3, 2023 | Blog
This morning I’m remembering. Remembering people and events and conversations. Remembering people who influenced my life in positive ways. Remembering friends willing to endure a relationship with me. Not just for days or trends, jobs or moods. For seasons. For years....
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 29, 2023 | Blog
What the world needs now? Yes, love. Not love the emotion, the feeling, the thrill, the too-quick-to-escape thing often called love. But the love of dedication, commitment, care. And something else. The world needs this now. We all need this now. Listeners. The world...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 26, 2023 | Blog
Yes, you are important. You. Not just what you do. Not just what you accomplish. Not who you know. Not who you hope to one day become. But you. You are important. Today. Now. Here. You are important.
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 9, 2023 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From Chapter 23, “The Cry,” in Pause With Jesus: Encountering His Story in Everyday Life. Each of my books emphasizes prayer. Sometimes those prayers are just getting to the point. Other times, when we have no specific words to voice, lingering in God’s presence and...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 7, 2023 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From Chapter 23, “The Cry,” in the book Pause With Jesus: Encountering His Story in Everyday Life. Bartimaeus lacked courtesy. Jesus, busy and in constant demand, stood in the middle of a large audience. He needed to leave that city and be about His Father’s...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 2, 2023 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From Chapter 23, “The Cry,” in the book Pause With Jesus: Encountering His Story in Everyday Life. Jesus had just finished lecturing the disciples about the dangers of pride. Then He walked into a crowd. People pushed for a chance to see that Man whose reputation...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 21, 2023 | Blog
[12] When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. [13] Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali— [14] to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: [15] “Land...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 16, 2023 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. In the prayer example Jesus offered, He included this as a request we should state: “And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” Matthew 6:12 He...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 14, 2023 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From the book Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. If you have lost the value of alone time, of prayer, of quiet time with God, of noisy songs of praise, of silent reverence, of desperate petitions, pray that your Leader will teach...
