by Chris Maxwell | Aug 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 HERE. Reflect: Can you think of a situation in which a friend remained by your side through difficulty? Have you been that type of friend to...
by Chris Maxwell | Aug 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
I interviewed Becky Dennis earlier this year https://chrismaxwell.me/blog/brain-wreck-a-chat-with-becky-dennis. She is a friend and amazing writer. We both have suffered life changing experiences through encephalitis. Here, Becky has written about my story: Success...
by Chris Maxwell | Aug 25, 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. As the months and days and weeks and minutes rapidly visit and depart, what have we accomplished during their time? What words have we...
by Chris Maxwell | Aug 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
A few health issues last week reminded me of my days in the hospital in 1996. Encephalitis and epilepsy were new words to be. My life hasn’t been the same since then. But the hope that helped me on that night, is the same hope with me on days like today....
by Chris Maxwell | Aug 14, 2015 | Blog, Conversations
Dr. Mike Luper is a professor at Emmanuel College School of Christian Ministries. Mike is also a dear friend and I love our conversations. When Mike speaks, he challenges with wisdom, kindness, and humility. He spoke Wednesday morning in our opening service for...
by Chris Maxwell | Aug 12, 2015 | Blog
Last Sunday I wasn’t traveling, so I was able to attend our home church. At Upward Hartwell, Pastor Tony spoke on “Scars.” We all know about those. We each have experienced various types of injuries in life. Scars remain. Physical, mental,...
by Chris Maxwell | Aug 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 HERE. I try to welcome what is there but rarely noticed. Throughout these pages we’ve highlighted one word at a time. The hope has been to...
by Chris Maxwell | Aug 3, 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. I place my order of a sandwich plate and a water. I pause and begin letting the authors provide their own words of wonder. Annie Dillard...
by Chris Maxwell | Jul 30, 2015 | Blog
(originally published August, 2009) Soon school begins again. Students enter the experience of learning. Classes and books and tests and assignments. Expectations, explanations, information, application. Exciting lessons, boring lessons, confusing lessons. The...
by Chris Maxwell | Jul 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 on Amazon or HERE. Let us listen. Let us be silent. And listen. But how? Noticing, as we considered in the previous chapter, is a start. Noticing our...
