by Chris Maxwell | Apr 30, 2016 | Blog
What are your plans for the summer? Vacation at the beach? Some much needed rest? My list includes writing assignments, speaking various places, scheduling next year’s plans in my job at Emmanuel, a wedding, and some time to rest. Whatever is on your schedule,...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 23, 2016 | Blog
It was the summer between my junior and senior year of college. I was working as a summer RA on campus. During my down time I was supposed to be catching up on the procrastination of grad school applications. I was supposed to be thinking about what was better for my...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 20, 2016 | Blog
Human beings are peculiar creations: what we are in any moment isn’t just what you can see or hear but an active, creative response to every moment that’s come before. Some of those moments are going to be joyful, and for some, those moments will be so...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 17, 2016 | Blog, Conversations
In Genesis, God’s book of beginnings, we hear a few things about ourselves—we human beings, I mean—early in the story. As a creation, we’re male and female, and God made both male and female in the image of God (1:27). We’re gardeners (2:15), so we don’t just look at...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 15, 2016 | Blog, Conversations
What does it look like to chase a dream? What does it look like to pursue a calling that has been placed on our lives since before conception? For me it looks like Nepal – 8000 miles away from what I know to be home. It looks like giving up everything. Pursuing my...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 11, 2016 | Blog, Conversations
Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to walk with Jesus in everyday life? Storyteller and author of the Pause series, Chris Maxwell, invites readers into 30 scenes from the life of Christ on this week’s This is the Day podcast. Take time to pause...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 5, 2016 | Blog
Imagine a room with three windows. Walk toward one. As you open the blinds and glance through the window, you notice your past. You had expected to see a normal day: the birds outside, maybe a rabbit, a light drizzle, a picnic table in the back. But you saw faces,...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 31, 2016 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Dear Pastors, Leadership is important. Servant leadership is the Jesus example. Follow His method. Don’t just see yourself as a typical CEO Leader. Lead, yes, but as a mentor, coach, counselor, servant. Be honored to serve as a pastor. Do not take...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 28, 2016 | Blog, Book Excerpts
(from Pause with Jesus: Entering His Story in Everyday Life by Chris Maxwell, True Potential, 2015 – from Chapter Three: “The Journey” – to purchase visit: Amazon) Hear Jesus calling religious leaders hypocrites and snakes. Hear Jesus...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 25, 2016 | Blog
Where turn the eyes of Jesus as He hangs upon the cross? They turn to me as if to implicate me in His loss. He stares into my eyes, then deeper still into my soul; Voracious selfishness has turned it into a black hole. He knows full well the turbulent iniquity...
