Share I’ve spent a great deal of my summer study break reading about and working on my prayer life. I know it sounds weird to say that I was “working” on my prayer life but trust me, it needed work. One of several resources which was very helpful to me was a book entitled Confessions [...]

Share I always learn such incredible spiritual lessons from my kids. My 6 year-old, Gage, spent the afternoon yesterday with his Nonni planting tomato plants. I heard he prayed for each plant after putting it in the ground. So I asked him, “Gage, why did you pray for the tomato plants?” He said, “Well, Dad, [...]

Share I’ve made prayer confessions HERE and HERE before. It’s tough for me. I recently read my friend Diane’s book Confessions of a Prayer Slacker which was a tremendous help in so many ways. One of my biggest struggles with prayer is my inability to stay focused. I find my mind running in all kinds [...]

Share I can’t imagine. These pictures almost look like something from a movie set.

Share I really work hard to not make this blog about me, but today I could really use your prayers. I’ve got several things going on which are humbling me, wrecking me and reminding me that I need to rely on God more than ever before. -I’m working with my editor to finish up my [...]

Share I’ll be the first to say I stink at prayer. I know, I know… you’re going to say “How can you stink at prayer, you’re a pastor?” I understand. I know it seems weird and trust me when I say I’m not proud of this fact. Now I’m not saying I don’t pray or [...]

Share So we’re in this Q series which has been rocking my world. This past Sunday we tried to tackle the question of “Why Is There Suffering In This World?” You can listen or watch that one HERE. This week is proving to be tougher than I thought. The main question is “Does Prayer Really [...]

Share They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This one might be worth a million to me right now. I’ll be honest. Sometimes I take sinful pride in my ability to handle a lot at one time. I like the pressure, the challenge, the risk. While others run from it, it get’s my [...]

Share **UPDATED POST** I’m continually amazed at some of the ministry which takes place here on Without Wax. I love getting your emails, responding to your comments, and learning how I can pray for you guys. I got this email the other day from a regular reader of the blog and it’s just been dominating [...]

Share Earlier this week we talked a little about prayer. In the comments we somehow chased a tangent about how we pray and what this looks like so I thought I would follow up with this post. A few years ago I had a real epiphany when it came to prayer while studying this verse: [...]