by Chris Maxwell | Jan 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
This week’s spiritual discipline is “surrender.” Today’s blog is the chapter “A Nap,” from Chris Maxwell’s book, Pause for Moms. Remember the occasion? The child was tired. It was past nap time and his day had already been very busy. Games and laughter and more games...
by Chris Maxwell | Jan 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
From my book, Pause: The Secret to a Better Life One Word at a Time The topic didn’t put an immediate smile on my face. I could almost hear my stomach growl while planning the presentation. I wanted to pause the study, forget the subject, and drive down the road to...
by Chris Maxwell | Nov 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
thanksgiving and christmas, new year’s eve and new year’s day, all arriving in this sudden segment of life, on days concluding school terms or days beginning fresh times as the calendars and clocks carried in our hands carry us, drag us, as we breathe, barely,...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
This chapter highlights a week in His life that moved so many components of the story toward a revelation of that mission. This chapter reminds us to glance back in time as the Strong One became weak, as the God-Man intentionally gives up His superman cape, as...
by Chris Maxwell | Mar 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
A friend sent me this 2-letter-text: “Happy Birthday!” My birthday is actually in July. But I knew the meaning of his comment. He was honoring my other birthday, the start of my new life, the beginning in March 1996 of my adventure with encephalitis and epilepsy, my...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’ve known Chris as a writer for probably twenty-five years or more; however, the first time I met him face-to-face was five weeks after he was diagnosed with viral encephalitis. Although most of the people who knew him discovered that he had become a new Chris, I...
