by Chris Maxwell | Apr 13, 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 on Amazon or HERE Glance back at the words we’ve considered in the last few chapters: believing, celebrating, dancing, dreaming. It would be nice if...
by Chris Maxwell | Apr 9, 2015 | Blog
Another day, Counselors ask questions. Not so they can only obtain information. They hope to lure the participant into a time of evaluation which can detect a present situation for the purpose of moving beyond that status and into a much better condition. What if we...
by Steve Spillman | Apr 6, 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 on Amazon or RIGHT HERE. Our prayers are often not answered the way we hoped. That doesn’t mean they aren’t answered. It might mean they are answered better...
by Steve Spillman | Apr 3, 2015 | Blog
Another Day Along the Way (originally written in 2011) Another day, The rain is falling hard, though beginning to slow: Wind, thunder, and lightning started my day. Sounds and sights: Clouds covering the light From a morning sun shining our way And birds...
by Steve Spillman | Apr 2, 2015 | Blog, Conversations
I recently wrote about attending and speaking at FACES 2015 Encephalitis Conference in Las Vegas, My Brain is On My Mind. I was honored to meet new friends – people who could understand my lack of understanding, who could remember why we struggle to remember names,...
by Steve Spillman | Mar 31, 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 on Amazon or right HERE. The unknown. It’s staring at us all. Will it promote our risks or prohibit them? Five years from today, will we look back...
by Steve Spillman | Mar 29, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
In March I was honored to attend and speak at FACES 2015 Encephalitis Conference in Las Vegas. I was reminded that while so many of us who have experienced encephalitis feel alone, we aren’t. And, that while so many family members of those with encephalitis feel...
by Steve Spillman | Mar 26, 2015 | Blog, Conversations, Uncategorized
Chris: I’m reading Finding God in the Verbs. I loved the title and now I’m enjoying the book. Brent: Thanks, Chris! I’m delighted that you like it. It was Jennie’s (coauthor Jennie Isbell) and my hope to put together something that was more than a book about prayer,...
by Steve Spillman | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Consider the wonder of this thought: the One who loves us most has invited us to a dance. We can’t afford the price to get in—He’s already paid it. We aren’t sure of the music, the alignment, the sequence, the movement, the space, the timing—He’ll gladly guide us. We...
by Steve Spillman | Mar 19, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
I noticed. Parked in a lot I used a decade before, I stared near an office where I served years prior to my illness. I watched a rabbit as she leaned her head in search of breakfast. I noticed her head jerk down, then upward quickly. She allowed her ears to stand...
