by Chris Maxwell | May 4, 2024 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From the book Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. Aware of hurts though not controlled by them allows us chances to face reality in healthy ways. But what should we do? Here are three suggestions. 1. Write about your hurts....
by Chris Maxwell | May 1, 2024 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From the book Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. How can I become better at living what I claim to believe? How can I stay true—no matter the temperature or time or hurts or fears or thrills—to promises I believe and pledges I’ve...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 26, 2024 | Blog
My twelfth book will be released October 1. What’s this book about? Books. “Things We’ve Handed Down” is a collection of letters I’ve written about books which impacted my life. I offer thoughts on the books while writing honest stories of my own reflections and...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 23, 2024 | Blog
The sound of water alerts us. Or reminds us. Or informs us. The rain falls. The waterfalls drops. The water bottle waits. The ocean shouts. The river runs. In a recent Chapel service, the sound of water at baptism alerted and reminded and informed. I heard...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 8, 2024 | Blog
There’s that word again: Joy. We say it. We hear it. We sing about it. We read about it. But do we live with joy? Do we know the difference between joy and happiness? Do we rely too much on emotions? Do we understand the value of deeper joy which is based on...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 5, 2024 | Blog
All of you who know me know that I love the Psalms. I read them. I pray them. I sing them. I study them. I write my own versions of them. I listen to other people read them. It helps us to grasp the meaning of the ancient prayers when we see them as that:...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 2, 2024 | Blog, Book Excerpts
from the book embracing now: pain, joy, healing, living. a hope.enduring the waiting.prayers. and more prayers whileenduring more waiting.holding on to the hope.or being held by it. then, unexpectedly, an arrival.a dream shiftsfrom fiction to reality.i smile.and give...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 28, 2024 | Blog, Book Excerpts
from the book embracing now: pain, joy, healing, living. depending on a sloganand leaning on a tag linewe market products throughmachines imitating humanswho know us very welland can always tellwhat we prefer. to create and automate,to track and detect,providing...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 25, 2024 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From the book Equilibrium. David Stokes ended each conversation with a smile. It wasn’t a fake smile. It wasn’t a forced grin. His facial expression came from deep within. In those months we spent together, I noticed David’s life of equilibrium. His stories...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 22, 2024 | Blog
It’s baseball season. I know. Some of you might not enjoy the game. Some of you might not understand the game. Some of you might not have time for the game. I’m not writing this to explain or defend the game of baseball. I’m not writing this to confess my love of the...
