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...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Somewhere There are two people Facing each other in a cafe At this very moment They are drinking dark coffee And they are saying nothing And they have been saying nothing For so long They have forgotten why They...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 10, 2019 | Blog, Conversations
When someone or something is important to us, we will talk about it all the time. Why then are we Christians staying silent when God has done so much for us? We need to share the Gospel and our testimonies of what God has done for us to this lost world. ...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 3, 2019 | Blog, Conversations
(Kuhiwa Erwin and her family are my friends. I want to introduce them to you and let them become your friends also. One of the best ways to do that is to tell you about her writing. So, please read her story in today’s blog. Thanks, Chris) Books have always been a big...
by Chris Maxwell | Aug 30, 2019 | Blog, Conversations
Pastor Chris Maxwell challenged a small group of us last Friday to pick a couple of spiritual disciplines and try to incorporate/re-incorporate them into our lives over the weekend. He asked us to choose one we like and one with which we struggle. I struggle with...
