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 | May 2, 2018 | Blog, Book Excerpts
The family never spent Christmas that way before. They would never spend it that way again. Opening presents and eating meals couldn’t turn their minds toward holiday gusto. Not that year. Tears replaced laughter. Fears flavored moods. Carolyn, whose humor normally...
by Chris Maxwell | Dec 19, 2017 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Today’s blog is from Chris’ book, Unwrapping His Presence. You can purchase HERE. I’m still asking for the same gift. Has that ever happened to you? Maybe you received what you wanted and liked it so much you decided to request another one. Maybe you...
by Chris Maxwell | Dec 11, 2017 | Blog
The commercials lure viewers to purchase. The songs and scenes and images invite people to become clients. Though I don’t respond to many of the ads, I do want. I want a few new things, yes. That new book, that new album, that new device. And I wish a few more people...
by Chris Maxwell | Dec 4, 2017 | Blog, Book Excerpts
A religion collected dust. No sound waves blew across the kept canon. No challenges. No changes. Neat and quiet, the noiseless liturgy disturbed no one. Then, the Word spoke abruptly, shattering the stained-glass cage. Dust flew, but few knew how thick it had grown....