by Chris Maxwell | Jul 25, 2016 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Excerpt taken from Pause for Pastors.You can purchase your copy HERE or on Amazon. From silence to noise, from waiting to a miracle, from war to peace. Intense and contradictory realities. That is history. That is life. And life as a pastor provides a wonderful...
by Chris Maxwell | Jul 20, 2016 | Blog
Travel brings new glances into beauty and fresh perspectives of pain. We live in a world covered with both: we rejoice then weep; we embrace pleasure then work to endure hard times; we smile then shake our heads while watching the news. I cherish the healthy...
by Chris Maxwell | Jul 14, 2016 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Excerpt taken from Pause for Pastors.You can purchase your copy HERE or on Amazon. READ: One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he...
by Chris Maxwell | Jul 11, 2016 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Excerpt taken from Pause for Pastors.You can purchase your copy HERE or on Amazon. We are better alone with God when our lives are not only lived alone with God. We need friends who refuse to carry the luggage of their own personal preferences into the...
by Chris Maxwell | Jul 5, 2016 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Excerpt taken from Pause for Pastors.You can purchase your copy HERE or on Amazon. Avoidance, lack of honesty, the refusal to be authentic and transparent, keeping one’s distance. These actions describe today’s status for too many lives. Past hurts influence...
by Chris Maxwell | Jun 23, 2016 | Blog
What if we smile today? What if we refuse to speak evil against someone else? What if we kindly state our opinions, listen to and respect others who state their opinions, disagree with them but choose to be nice to those who hold different opinions? What if we forgive...