by Chris Maxwell | Nov 7, 2019 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From Underwater for Epilepsy Awareness Month. Buy Now: Underwater: When Encephalitis, Brain Injury and Epilepsy Change Everything. Staring at a screen is normal in our image-driven culture. But on that early morning in a dim room, I gazed at an image which proved to...
by Chris Maxwell | Nov 5, 2019 | Blog
by Chris Maxwell | Nov 1, 2019 | Blog
November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. Various people are offering their thoughts on Chris Maxwell and his battle with epilepsy. Today’s writer is David Welday who has known Chris for over 25 years. David is an author and president of HigherLife Publishing and...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 28, 2019 | Blog
the cricket played percussion all night consistently, never missing a beat. the wind arrived inconsistently, strong waves of air shouting their force, but only for a moment, followed by a lighter, longer push through...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 22, 2019 | Blog
As Pastor Appreciation Month continues, the goal is to honor those serving in pastoral ministry. This blog is from the book — Pause for Pastors: Finding Still Waters in the Storm of Ministry Ministry is a strange collection of nouns and verbs. The people and places...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 18, 2019 | Blog
Last weekend Debbie and I flew for a brief visit in Orlando. We have many memories there, many friends there, many stories there. Going back brought those stories to our minds. Seeing the houses where we lived. Remembering the sounds of baseballs being hit by bats or...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 10, 2019 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Sunday October 13 is Pastor Appreciation Day. This blog is from the book — Pause for Pastors: Finding Still Waters in the Storm of Ministry Sometimes we follow those who don’t know they are leading. That’s how it was for me with Brother Cloud. At first, he watched,...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 8, 2019 | Blog
Pastor Appreciation Day 2019 is October 13. As the 2nd Sunday of the Pastor Appreciation Month, the goal is to honor those serving in pastoral ministry. Here are some ways we can honor our pastors: – Be kind to them. – Send notes of...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 30, 2019 | Blog, Book Excerpts
This blog is from my book, Changing My Mind: A Journey of Disability and Joy. My damaged brain tells me that building a wall for hiding isn’t the answer. Neither is waging a war of anger. Facing reality is. Maybe I can learn from Jacob, refusing to let his midnight...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 23, 2019 | Blog
Let’s take a glance at the early church. Not the first event in a modern multi-service, multi-site congregation. Not ancient spiritual gatherings in America or England. Let’s look at descriptions of the church’s beginnings in the book of Acts: [1] When the day of...
