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 | Nov 19, 2017 | Blog
Our fifth grandchild was recently born. He’s cute, of course. We wish we were there, for sure. But, though too distant to hold him or hear him or talk to him, we are so thankful for Reese, his brother Beckett, and his cousins Anthem, Seth, and Poesy. We are also...
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 16, 2017 | Blog, Book Excerpts
I’m typing these words after an interesting day. I spent the morning—and the last few days—in a denomination’s conference where leaders were elected and policies were presented. Honesty, I don’t care for some of the structure. But I did love the time with other...
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...
