Contentment
What You’re Searching for Is Already Yours
by Chris Maxwell
For the overwhelmed, the perpetually busy, and the weary pilgrims who long to discover that they are already enough in Christ. It is time to unplug, declutter, and unwind. What you are searching for is already yours.
📅 Book Launch: April 7, 2026
Books
Things We’ve Handed Down
a slow and sudden God
Pause For Pastors
Equilibrium
Underwater
Pause For Moms
embracing now
Pause With Jesus
Pause
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Hit Pause in a Hurried World
We’re rushing. Emails, errands, meetings, messages. Deadlines we didn’t set and expectations we...
Reading One Chapter a Day: Slowing Down With Jesus
Today, in our spiritual formation class, we begin a slow and sacred journey. We’re reading one...
How Do We Spend Time With God?
We’re invited into a life that goes beyond religious routine. Spiritual formation is learning to...
Words for Ministers
From the book Pause for Pastors: Finding Still Waters in the Storm of Ministry. Ministry is a...
Living With Joy
From the book Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life's Uneven Surfaces. I want to be a...
Questions
These are questions included in various places in the book Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced...
forgiveness
This week’s spiritual discipline is forgiveness. This blog is from the book a slow and sudden...
Petitions: Praying for Ourselves
Last week we emphasize the spiritual discipline of intercession, praying on behalf of others. This...
Listening Prayer by Anneliese Dalaba
A man who grew up in church all his life complained to his friends one day. “Why do people say,...
Chris Maxwell knows first-hand that many pastors are worn out, discouraged, frazzled, beaten down and often friendless. He knows this because he spends a lot of his time encouraging weary leaders. And Pause for Pastors book flows out of his heart of encouragement. I pray the words of this book will flow like cold water on your soul to refresh and inspire you. You will receive new strength!
At first I questioned if I would find Pause for Moms to be interesting to me, a man. But to my surprise I found myself drawn into the powerful accounts of women on the journey of love, purpose, and meaning. I responded with laughter and tears as I thought of my late mother, my dear wife, my daughter and daughter-in-law: women whose lives continue to shape my life. There’s no question this is Chris Maxwell’s best book! I will personally be sharing this book with the lovely women in my life.
Pause with Jesus is more than just a book. It’s a journey. Through his words, Chris is inviting us to slow down and listen for Christ’s unmistakable voice, feel the gentle strength of His embrace, and see the timeless beauty of His work. The more you read the clearer you will see Jesus gazing back at you.