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....
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 26, 2017 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Through Pause for Pastors, I have offered stories and ideas about slowing our pace, balancing our lives, and taking better care of ourselves. In this chapter, I invite us to balance attitudes of submissiveness to those in authority while living an autonomous life. We...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 23, 2017 | Blog, Book Excerpts
Mr. Worrier stands on shore and stares at the water. He analyzes nature’s strategy and studies rhythm, motion, balance. He knows the crest reveals height as it contrasts the trough. The current keeps motion moving and moving and moving as he remains still, only...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 25, 2017 | Blog
Listen. To the songs, the birds, the vehicles, the music, the conversations, the machines, listen. To the food ordered at meal time, the umpire calling balls and strikes, the fans cheering, the planes flying, listen. To the piano, the guitar, the harmonica, the drums,...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 13, 2017 | Blog, Book Excerpts
When rough waters and fierce storms interrupt our lives, our schedules will never be the same. The ruthless waves invaded our ordinary life novel. So I think of the one in twenty-six people in the United States who have epilepsy at some time in their lives. I think of...
