by Chris Maxwell | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog, Book Excerpts
(Thoughts from chapter ten of Things We’ve Handed Down: Twelve Letters I Leave for You, based on the book Wishful Thinking by Frederick Buechner.) There are writers whose words feel like home. Frederick Buechner is that kind of writer for me. Not just an author...
by Chris Maxwell | Jun 26, 2025 | Blog, Book Excerpts
(Thoughts from chapter nine of Things We’ve Handed Down: Twelve Letters I Leave for You, based on the book, Hope Has It’s Reasons, by Rebecca Pippert.) Hope. Not the flimsy kind of hope we tape onto our lives like a bandage....
by Chris Maxwell | Jun 24, 2025 | Blog, Book Excerpts
—thoughts from Chapter 8 in Things We’ve Handed Down:Twelve Letters I Leave for You (based on the book The Art of Being You by Bob Kilpatrick and Joel Kilpatrick). We often picture God like a mechanic—someone we call when things break down. The engine fails, the...
by Chris Maxwell | Jun 20, 2025 | Blog, Book Excerpts
I didn’t plan to write twelve books. (Explore Chris Maxwell’s Twelve books here.) I just kept writing—because I kept living, kept hurting, kept healing, kept listening, kept learning. The words came slowly, sometimes suddenly, shaped by invitations from Jesus, by deep...
by Chris Maxwell | Jun 18, 2025 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Over the years, I’ve seen countless trends, formulas, and quick-fix strategies for growing churches. Experts share flashy solutions and promise instant results. I’m not here to do that. I’m no expert. But after decades in ministry, I’ve learned a few things—lessons...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 3, 2025 | Blog, Book Excerpts
I continue adding comments about my latest book, Things We’ve Handed Down. So, it should not surprise you that today’s thoughts highlight the next chapter. This blog, and this chapter, come from the book Surprised by Joy from C.S. Lewis. As...
