Practical Faith Academy - Season 5, Episode 8 - Chip Waggoner, Wrestling With A Miracle

The Practical Faith Academy Podcast from Cecil Taylor Ministries presents guests who have important things to say about putting your faith into practice. Cecil interviews each guest to understand their life stories and their ideas for living a seven-day practical faith.

Chip Waggoner is best known in the Dallas / Ft. Worth area for his decades of service as traffic reporter on Fox 4's Good Day morning show. Now Waggoner, with his family, has written the book "M.I.P. (Miracle in Progress)," the story of raising a child whose "normal" is not like ours. But it's not a health journal as much as it is a faith journey – trusting God in extreme circumstances, realizing that God’s possibilities are more than we imagine, learning to follow God through each phase, and using those experiences to be lights in the world.

In this episode of the Practical Faith Academy podcast, Waggoner sits down with an old friend, Cecil Taylor, to discuss the book and what he learned that can help us live a seven-day practical faith.

Highlights of the podcast: 

5:11  What does seven-day practical faith mean to Waggoner

7:43  What compelled Waggoner to write an honest, vulnerable book about both successes and failures as a parent of a child with unique physical challenges

11:17 Some details about his son Benjamin’s health situation

14:29 How he and his family wrestled with the idea of “What is normal?”

19:49 How Satan disrupts us, and how we can regain God’s light shining through us

24:26 The problem with judging others

27:48 How to identify the people you should trust in a crisis

30:27 The importance of having a community that walks alongside you

32:43 The hardest part about putting faith into practice

35:39 How to find Chip’s book options and upcoming appearances

Author Chip Waggoner can be found at www.ChipWaggoner.com. You can order the book as a paper copy, an ebook, or as an audiobook. Also, Chip will be conducting book signings and other events; those are shown on the site as well.

I’m Cecil Taylor – award-winning author, speaker, blogger, and of course, podcaster. I’m focused on teaching Christians to live their faith and represent Jesus every day of the week. Everything I offer for your faith journey can be found at the same starting point: https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com. Please visit and find ways to enrich your daily walk. I also offer Instant Content curriculum to small groups and adult Sunday School classes. My latest is The Misfits of Christmas Advent video study.

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