by Chris Maxwell | Sep 23, 2019 | Blog
Let’s take a glance at the early church. Not the first event in a modern multi-service, multi-site congregation. Not ancient spiritual gatherings in America or England. Let’s look at descriptions of the church’s beginnings in the book of Acts: [1] When the day of...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 10, 2019 | Blog, Conversations
When someone or something is important to us, we will talk about it all the time. Why then are we Christians staying silent when God has done so much for us? We need to share the Gospel and our testimonies of what God has done for us to this lost world. ...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 3, 2019 | Blog, Conversations
(Kuhiwa Erwin and her family are my friends. I want to introduce them to you and let them become your friends also. One of the best ways to do that is to tell you about her writing. So, please read her story in today’s blog. Thanks, Chris) Books have always been a big...
by Chris Maxwell | Aug 30, 2019 | Blog, Conversations
Pastor Chris Maxwell challenged a small group of us last Friday to pick a couple of spiritual disciplines and try to incorporate/re-incorporate them into our lives over the weekend. He asked us to choose one we like and one with which we struggle. I struggle with...
by Chris Maxwell | Aug 27, 2019 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From Pause With Jesus: Encountering His Story in Everyday Life. One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out. As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat...
by Chris Maxwell | Aug 19, 2019 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From the book Pause for Pastors: Finding Still Waters in the Storm of Ministry Ministry is a strange collection of nouns and verbs. The people and places and things. The action. The dates and events and performances. The action. The buildings and songs and lights....
