Wayfarer

As I've trekked my way through the Great Story again and again over the past forty years, I've learned that sometimes the lesson is not in microscopically mining the minutia of the text, but in stepping back and looking at the bigger picture. A chapter-a-day podcast from Mark 6. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. If you know anyone who might enjoy this podcast, please f...

Along the journey, I've perpetually spent time in the quiet with God contemplating three questions. A chapter-a-day podcast from Mark 5. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . If you know anyone who might enjoy this podcast, please feel free to "Like" and share!

Spring brings my perennial desire to plant something and make it grow. Confession: I'm really bad at this. A chapter-a-day podcast from Mark 4. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . If you know anyone who might enjoy this podcast, please "Like" and share!

In the quiet this morning, I find myself thinking that the more things change, the more they stay the same in the Kingdoms of this World. A chapter-a-day podcast from Mark3. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . If you know anyone who might be encouraged by this podcast, please like and share!

As I read the chapter this morning, I see that on the macro level, Mark is telling us that the pieces are quickly moving into place on the chess board. The middle game and end game are already determined for those who have eyes to see it. A chapter-a-day podcast from Mark 2. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

It was in my twenties that I observed a soul wound that affected a number of my male friends. They had never experienced a father's love. Never had their ears heard the words "I love you" uttered by their dad. A chapter-a-day podcast from Mark 1. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . If you know anyone who might be encouraged by this podcast, feel free to share.

Connection with the God of creation is as simple and profound as breathing. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 150. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . If you know anyone who might be encouraged by this podcast, please share!

What happens when I'm missing one bookend on the shelf? A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 149. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Know someone who might enjoy this podcast? Please share!

Along my life journey, I have learned that praise sincerely offered whether in word, song, or thought is a spiritual activator. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 148. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

But there is a recurring theme that is often lost and forgotten a I journey through my personal wilderness. Perhaps I am simply blind to it in the moment. A chapter-a-day journey from Psalm 147. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . The message referenced in today's podcast can be found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/D3Q5KjBHBkY .

On this Wayfarer Weekend (WW) podcast I welcome Dr. Eric Recker to the Vander Well Pub for a conversation about his mission from God that sprung out of the COVID-19 pandemic and one of the most difficult days of his life. On our conversational journey, we intersect on exceptional situations, finding relationships, and how essential it is to have good companions on this earthly journey. Please feel...

Leonardo: Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband. Beatrice: Not till God make men of some other mettle than earth. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 146. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

He was weeping over the phone. Across the miles, on the other end of the connection, I knew that this was a holy moment. A chapter-a-day podcast from 145 (Again! It's a BOGO podcast!). The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

From the head of the table, cigar in hand, Grandpa would often smile, pound his fist on the table, and with a gleam in his eye insist, "I'm the king of this castle!" A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 145. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Bear with me today, because I'm going to theatre geek out on you a bit... A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 144. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I have always been a morning person, dang it. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 143. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Thus far in my life journey, I am happy to say that I have avoided prison time, at in the traditional sense of the word. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 142. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

All of the ritual, participation, knowledge and cognitive assent to a belief statement at church had relatively little effect on my motives, my thoughts, my words, or my actions. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 141. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Ever since I was a kid, I have been one to excessively ruminate on conflict or personal problems that I encounter along life's road. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 140. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I've learned along this journey that sometimes old things must be razed before new, fruitful things can begin growing. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 139. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I find that God's Kingdom is not about top-down systemic power but about bottom-up organic transformation of Spirit. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 138. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

This past weekend as I spent hours power-washing, I found my mind wandering back to a slight that I experienced fifteen years ago which became the death knell of a relationship that effectively ended ten years before that. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 137. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

As I thought about the structure of the song, I couldn't help but think that it parallels every life story, my life story. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 136. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Wendy and I returned last night from our "spring break" in which we spent a long weekend getting our Playhouse at the lake opened up and ready for the coming summer. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 135. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

In the quiet this morning I find myself meditating on the spiritual notion of "call and response" which works in both directions. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 134. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .