Wayfarer

The further I get in my spiritual journey, the more I recognize that everything is connected . A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 9. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

As I sat in the quiet this morning, watching the sun come up over the cove, I let my mind linger in the memory banks. Faces and names came to me that I had not thought about in so very long. There are so many lives and stories. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 8. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Along my life journey, I have found myself languishing at certain waypoints on life's road. This wasn't what I had planned. Things aren't working out as I envisioned them. What's worse: nothing is happening . A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 7. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I enter another day of the journey mindful of how Jesus expects me to behave in relationship to every person with whom I interact without exemption, caveat, or exception. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 6. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Underneath the obvious miracles and the public spectacle in today's chapter, Jesus begins to hint at something deeper. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 5. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

In 2019, a study revealed that 86% of young people in America want to grow up to be social media "influencers." A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 4. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I can't help but believe that the better my preparation, the more transformative the full-fill-ment. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 3. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Here at Vander Well Manor, it's beginning to look a little bit like Christmas. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 2. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

As Wendy and I drove home last night from our very sociable dinner and entered the house filled with a cacophony of teen voices, we were filled once again with gratitude for living in community . A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 1. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Hosea ends his prophetic works with a choice . A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 14. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

What I found fascinating in today's chapter was God's observation that amidst God's goodness and blessing, the people of ancient Israel forgot God. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 13. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Short-cuts appear tempting, but they make for long delays. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 12. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

In a world that is currently tearing itself apart with hate and prejudice, and reeling from the consequences of that vitriol, I pray that I can be a living example of God's love, grace, and compassion that both Hosea, and Jesus, proclaimed. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 11. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Hosea comforts his condemned people with the hope God will yet "come like the rain" to shower His righteousness upon them. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 10. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

The more I spiritually, emotionally, and physically cling to earthly possessions that will rot or pass on to be possessed by others, the less room there is in my mind, heart, and spirit for the eternal things of God's Spirit. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 9. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Just this last week I read a fascinating article about the "Moral Inversion" being observed in our culture. Right is now wrong. Wrong is now right. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 8. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I am ruler of my own personal kingdom. How do I rule it? A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 7. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I have found that drought happens spiritually just as it does in the physical world. However, with each season of drought, God has always, eventually "come to me like the rain." A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 6. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

It is only when the Hebrews find themselves captives in a foreign land, that they will have their rock bottom, First Step epiphany. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 5. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I find the concept of the "priesthood" far more expansive in God's point-of-view than the narrow definition the institutional church has made it out to be. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 4. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I find myself moved by the fact that Hosea not only took his wife Gomer back after her adulteries, but that he had to pay her debts in order to do so . A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 3. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Despite what many believe, God never promised to deliver us from the difficulties and pain. In fact, Jesus assured us that it would be our earthly reality. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 2. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

God tells Hosea that his daily life, his wife, his marriage, and his children are going to be a living metaphor, a message to his nation. A chapter-a-day podcast from Hosea 1. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I have found it virtually impossible not to read the ancient words of the prophet Amos in context of current events. A chapter-a-day podcast from Amos 9. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I'm thinking this morning not just about physical seasons but spiritual seasons. A chapter-a-day podcast from Amos 8. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .