by Chris Maxwell | Oct 12, 2017 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Ministry is a strange collection of nouns and verbs. The people and places and things. The action. The dates and events and performances. The action. The buildings and songs and lights. The action. We live as nouns taking action. We are. We do. And we keep the...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 9, 2017 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Fortunately, many churches are becoming families of people from various tribes and cultures. Unfortunately, many churches desire and welcome only a select few. In your yearning to go deeper with God in your personal life, please think of both extremes: How is God...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 5, 2017 | Blog, Book Excerpts
I confess. Denver, Colorado, is an exceptional place. The air, the appearance, the atmosphere: all so different from my normal world. I’ve been there to attend a conference and I’ve been there to see family. But as I stared at natural beauty and studied supernatural...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 2, 2017 | Blog
Sometimes we learn and grow slowly. Ourselves, our families, our churches. Sometimes everything changes suddenly. Too suddenly. I don’t like either extreme. But that’s life. How I respond to our sometimes-in-a-hurry-God and our sometimes-very-slow-God can heal me or...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 28, 2017 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Some friends wrote stories for my latest book Underwater. They tell of their struggles, their questions, their fears, and how they’ve been treated by society. They invite us to travel with them in the adventure of life with epilepsy. Here are a few quotes, but...
