by Chris Maxwell | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy on Amazon or HERE. Let us listen. Let us be silent. And listen. But how? Noticing, as we considered in the previous chapter, is a start. Noticing our...
by Chris Maxwell | Jul 24, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy on Amazon or HERE. Realizing time refuses to slow down—the pauses depend on us to choose to rest a moment and notice life. Talking on the phone to a young...
by Chris Maxwell | Jul 20, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy on Amazon or HERE. My brain damage makes it tough to remember. I do remember when I could remember so much better. Names and numbers. Songs and passages of...
by Chris Maxwell | Jul 16, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy on Amazon or HERE. Staying prayerful means more than going through the motions. Communication with God includes many types of episodes. A private place and...
by Chris Maxwell | Jul 9, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy on Amazon or HERE. I had pastored that church for many years. We—that dear congregation of loved people—had endured much together. The weddings and the...
by Chris Maxwell | Jul 7, 2015 | Blog, Book Excerpts
-Today’s blog is from the book Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. Pick up your copy on Amazon or HERE. The brains we trust are electrical systems. Words and images teach us, guide us, redirect us. Our spirits seek to grow and develop no...