by Chris Maxwell | Dec 27, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy onAmazon or HERE. Tasting and digesting new spiritual diets can improve our spiritual health. Rather than a quick-fix-diet, we can choose to pursue ongoing...
by Chris Maxwell | Dec 22, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy onAmazon or HERE. Adding time with God by subtracting our routine can be healthy. It isn’t seeking to improve our ranking or score religious points or lure...
by Chris Maxwell | Dec 16, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy onAmazon or HERE. I want to apply study as a spiritual discipline—pausing from my rapid pace long enough to learn something new or apply something ancient,...
by Chris Maxwell | Dec 14, 2015 | Blog
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy onAmazon or HERE. Do you ever feel like you always catch the red lights when driving through town? I recently realized life can feel that way. Something,...
by Chris Maxwell | Dec 9, 2015 | Book Excerpts
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy onAmazon or HERE. You’ve been influenced by a smile, haven’t you? A genuine, sincere smile? A humble, joyful smile? A fitting but surprising smile? A real but...
by Chris Maxwell | Dec 4, 2015 | Book Excerpts
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy onAmazon or HERE. Reflect: How often do you analyze the words you sing in worship? What are your thoughts about singing words that are not true to...
by Chris Maxwell | Dec 2, 2015 | Blog
have you noticed? i have. i did. and i will, i hope, remember being noticed unexpectedly, during an interruption that caused my head to shake as my heart smiled. the shaking of the head is a statement being said, though what is revealed can vary, depending on the...
by Chris Maxwell | Nov 22, 2015 | Blog
Many Thanksgivings ago I drove brief rides with my parents and sisters through a small town to meet a large family to eat large meals on a holiday of cool Georgia weather with football indoors and football outdoors and football opinions while enjoying the discussions...
by Chris Maxwell | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
– Purchase “Pause with Jesus” HERE. Listen to Taylor Maxwell’s song, “Underwater” HERE. How do I pause with Jesus holding tightly to that packed luggage? By actually realizing the phrase, “I can’t do anything without Jesus,”...
by Chris Maxwell | Nov 15, 2015 | Blog
The Girl From Yesterday: A Poem By Elizabeth Lane Today I met a stranger With the most familiar face She wore this smile like a silken garment Purchased with the rarest of gold She spoke in a tone that I have heard before Her words of dreams I recall Justice....
