December 2, 2011 in
Spiritual Growth with
I’ve got a feeling some of you need to be reminded of these simple, yet life changing words. “Grace is the face that love wears, when it meets imperfection.” -Joseph R. Cooke Some of you need to extend it today. Some of you need to receive it today. Grace. It’s always needed.
July 11, 2011 in
Family,Leadership with
Right after our second child was born a mentor of mine gave me some incredible advice. He said, “Pete, no matter what you think about how best to express love your small children will always spell it T-I-M-E. I’ve found that advice to be spot on. Like most of you I go through seasons where [...]
December 16, 2009 in
Holidays,Spiritual Growth with
While this is my favorite time of the year, I know it can be a difficult to navigate for many. With only 9 days left the “Christmas Season” is in full swing. There is the last minute shopping to get done. You’ve got a string of Christmas parties to hit up. Family gatherings will have [...]
January 20, 2009 in
Leadership,Relationships,Religion,Videos with
I felt led to kind of stick with the “going first” theme this week on Without Wax. Here’s a video of a young lady here at Cross Point whose going through an awful lot right now but chose to “go first” this past weekend. She risked criticism, pointed fingers, and judgement and in my book [...]
October 15, 2008 in
Family,Friends,My Family,Religion with
Here is my journal entry from October 15th, 1993. I was a sophomore in college. Today was a great day for classes. My voice and diction class lasted only 30 minutes. After class Kevin and I went to the mall and had lunch at Long John Silvers. I found out that Katy Bridges wasn’t going [...]
October 8, 2008 in
Family,God,Parenting,Relationships,Religion,Videos with
One of the very first books I ever read on relationships was “The Five Love Languages” by Gary Chapman. The principles in that book have helped me not only in my marriage, but in every relationship I’ve ever had. It’s always served me well to speak the love language to the people God’s placed in [...]
August 5, 2008 in
Church Leadership,Cross Point Church,God,Leadership,Religion with
I was reading an article in Christianity Today entitled “Leading With Love: The Secrets to Billy Graham’s Remarkable Ministry to the World“. The article starts with this… Our first interview for our book, The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham, was with John Corts, a key employee of Billy’s organization for 35 years, ten of them [...]
May 13, 2008 in
Cross Point Church,Friends,God,Leadership,Religion with
I had the opportunity to be a part of a couple of weddings this weekend. As usual, 1 Corinthians 13 was one of the selected scriptures. Derek and Bonnie asked me to read it in the Message translation and I loved it. I have read it a few times since then and it gave me [...]
March 28, 2008 in
God,My Family with
This is a picture of Gage’s “Lovey”. Gage is my three year old and “Lovey” is his mutilated, filthy, elephant that he carries every where he goes. You would be surprised how much our family life revolves around “Lovey”. We have made trips back to restaurants because we left “Lovey”. We have had late night [...]
February 14, 2008 in
My Family with
Those of you who know me, know I’m not really that romantic of a guy. I wish I was. As a matter of fact, I still have no idea what I’m going to do for Brandi tonight. However, I thought this was a great opportunity to tell you a little about my wife. Here are a few [...]
