Podcast Blog: S5, E8 - Chip Waggoner, Wrestling with a Miracle

When life doesn't go our way, we often fight against it. But even in the midst of stressful times, God is working. The question is, are we working with God or against God as we address the issue?

This is what Chip Waggoner wrestled with when his son Benjamin was born with unique physical challenges. Time and again, Waggoner learned that God would use Benjamin's limitations for God's glory and to demonstrate the great things that can happen when we step aside and let God go to work.

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

The Practical Faith Academy podcast can now be played directly on the Cecil Taylor Ministries website at https://www.CecilTaylorMinistries.com/podcast. While on the site, please check out everything Cecil Taylor Ministries offers, including our Instant Content books and video studies for individual learners, small groups, and churches.

The episode is also available on major podcast platforms (Apple, Spotify, Audacy, iHeartRadio, YouTube) and hosted on Podbean. Search on each platform for "Practical Faith Academy."