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 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 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 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 | Aug 13, 2017 | Blog
Through comments sent by friends when I asked about both their favorite stories of Jesus and their questions, I learned many of us have much in common. We ask similar questions. We battle similar wars. We carry similar wounds. We select similar favorites in the...
