by Chris Maxwell | Mar 25, 2024 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From the book Equilibrium. David Stokes ended each conversation with a smile. It wasn’t a fake smile. It wasn’t a forced grin. His facial expression came from deep within. In those months we spent together, I noticed David’s life of equilibrium. His stories...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 22, 2024 | Blog
It’s baseball season. I know. Some of you might not enjoy the game. Some of you might not understand the game. Some of you might not have time for the game. I’m not writing this to explain or defend the game of baseball. I’m not writing this to confess my love of the...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 18, 2024 | Blog
Silence is Your Medicine The cost of medications doesn’t put a smile on my face. Decisions being made by insurance companies bring frustration to my mind. I try to see the positive. I try to be thankful and optimistic. But it’s not always easy when big business and...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 11, 2024 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From the book Equilibrium. Yes, people cause hurts. Yes, like us, other people are weak. But caring for people is what makes us different. Caring for people is what really matters. Whatever our unique giftings and talents, I hope we all have this in common: I...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 9, 2024 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From the book Equilibrium. The nutritional miracles and astonishing health offers abound. The people who exercise are everywhere. I see them. Don’t you? You might be one of them. Running and walking and riding and lifting and stretching and bending and pushing and...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 6, 2024 | Book Excerpts
The lights weren’t working at the intersection. No red or green or yellow. No colors appearing to instruct us to stop or go. Traffic slowed. We had to wait for our turn to drive through. Cautiously. Carefully. The why-did-this-happen and who-is-next and...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 4, 2024 | Blog
I love stories. Good, creative, interesting stories. Not just the stories from screens. TV or theater or computers or phones or any of our other many devices. Not just stories in the news reports or sports scores or latest songs. But the stories from normal people in...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 28, 2024 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From a slow and sudden God: 40 years of wonder. eating dinner with a friendwho was wearing his new glassesrevealed that his visionneeded help seeingthrough this lensto get a better view,to see correctly. i listened again to his wordsand his stories—a contradiction of...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 24, 2024 | Blog
I need God to be my peace As I face the unknown My future, my past, Things out of my control My guardian, my guidance Leading me on By going first And protecting me as His own My...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 19, 2024 | Blog
In class this afternoon we focused on four important but often forgotten practices. Silence. Conversations. Prayers. Nature. Welcome silence. Exit the volume. Refuse to let the normal loud sounds flood your neurological system. Step away. Be still. Be quiet. Do not...
