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 | Oct 19, 2017 | Blog, Book Excerpts
I was nodding, smiling, and sometimes shedding a few tears. College students were receiving honors as they neared their graduations from the school of ministry. I had prayed with them, listened to them, laughed with them, asked them hard questions, and read their...
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...
