by Chris Maxwell | Feb 12, 2019 | Blog, Conversations
Being honest and being a truth-teller are two different things. I learned the importance of honesty in seventh grade when, after an entire semester of forging my mother’s signature on my practice report for band, my parents made me go to my band teacher and confess my...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 6, 2019 | Blog
“Waiting” was our spiritual discipline for last week. But we wanted to use another story this week. Rev. Mike Myers, pastor of Heritage Presbyterian Church in Royston, GA, offers us these reminders about “waiting.” Before you read this, please go look up...
by Chris Maxwell | Feb 4, 2019 | Blog, Book Excerpts
This week’s spiritual discipline is solitude. Today’s story is from Pause With Jesus: Encountering His Story in Everyday Life. The day was ending. More people came to Jesus. More were healed. More evil spirits came. More were rebuked. Then comes the part of the...
by Chris Maxwell | Jan 28, 2019 | Blog, Book Excerpts
This week’s spiritual discipline is waiting. Today’s blog is from the book, Pause: The Secret to a Better Life One Word at a Time Billy Mann sings an honest request in his song, “(Tell Me) When God Will Speak.” His gentle jazz sounds good; his honest lyrics ask...
by Chris Maxwell | Jan 20, 2019 | Blog, Book Excerpts
This week’s spiritual discipline is “listening.” Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life One Word at a Time. We talk to God. He listens. We read God’s Word. He speaks. Call it a relationship, a renewal. Call it real life. Most of us know...
by Chris Maxwell | Dec 31, 2018 | Blog
Here is a short poem to read as we near 2019. For a collection of poems by Chris Maxwell, get a copy of his book, a slow and sudden God: 40 years of wonder. begin now is the time. begin. for the first time, begin. or, for the tenth time, begin again. with love and...
