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Chris Maxwell is a husband, father, and grandfather. He is a writer, pastor, poet, spiritual life director, international speaker, and a man who loves people. Chris hopes to be a voice of encouragement through words spoken, words written, and a life lived. Chris Maxwell is a husband, father, and grandfather. He is a writer, pastor, poet, spiritual life director, international speaker, and a man who loves people. Chris hopes to be a voice of encouragement through words spoken, words written, and a life lived.
Things We’ve Handed Down
Twelve Letters I Leave For You
I am offering a few reminders I was either handed or wish I had been handed in the years that preceded today. I want to share a few stories that may help you along life’s terrible, painful, dreadful, joyful, peaceful, beautiful ventures.
At my age, as I look toward the future, the land seems smaller now. As I look toward the past, the terrain is vast.
I choose to write it down—to remember, to offer it to those whose glimpse of the past may be shorter and whose vision of the future may be much wider.
That’s why I’m writing these twelve letters to you. I’m writing them as if it were my final collection of reflections. A few more stories to give you while I can.
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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Walking Toward Easter
The road is familiar. I have walked it before. Palm branches once lined the path, waving in the...
Nineteen Years
Time doesn’t ask for permission. It moves, rushes, swirls like the wind, carrying us from one...
The Therapy of Doing Nothing
We race. From meeting to meeting. From screen to screen. From this to that. From hurry to...
Live As a Student Every Day
From the book Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life's Uneven Surfaces. Whatever we do in...
You Will Never Be Here Again
From the book Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life's Uneven Surfaces. Mark the place....
Do We Listen to Their Stories?
From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life's Uneven Surfaces. Before we defend our...
Brief Visits and Big Decisions
Another day, December and 2014 rushed away, hardly saying goodbye. January arrived, departing...
Another Day to Love
Another Day Along the Way Saturday, February 14, 2015 (originally published in 2006) Another day,...
A Legacy Left; A Dream to Follow by Callie Sorrow
Another Day Along the Way Friday, October 17, 2014 Along the way, Callie Sorrow's mom wrote a...
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.