Wayfarer

In the quiet this morning, I am struck by the fact that Matthew chooses to record that those who were looking for the Messiah, those who came to seek Him, were not Hebrew priests and scholars but those considered foreigners, aliens, and enemies. A chapter-a-day podcast from Matthew 2. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

The further I get in my spiritual journey, the more I've discovered that math is a core way God reveals and expresses Himself in Creation. This came to mind in the quiet this morning as I begin a journey through Matthew's biography of Jesus. A chapter-a-day podcast from Matthew 1. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

We end 2021 and begin 2022 with a countdown of the top 15 chapter-a-day posts since Tom Vander Well began blogging a chapter-a-day back in March of 2006. We finish today with Top Post #1. The text version of every chapter-a-day post may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

We end 2021 and begin 2022 with a countdown of the top 15 chapter-a-day posts since Tom Vander Well began blogging a chapter-a-day back in March of 2006. We continue today with Top Post #2. The text version of every chapter-a-day post may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

We end 2021 and begin 2022 with a countdown of the top 15 chapter-a-day posts since Tom Vander Well began blogging a chapter-a-day back in March of 2006. We continue today with Top Post #3. The text version of every chapter-a-day post may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

We end 2021 and begin 2022 with a countdown of the top 15 chapter-a-day posts since Tom Vander Well began blogging a chapter-a-day back in March of 2006. We continue today with Top Post #4. The text version of every chapter-a-day post may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

We end 2021 and begin 2022 with a countdown of the top 15 chapter-a-day posts since Tom Vander Well began blogging a chapter-a-day back in March of 2006. We continue today with Top Post #5. The text version of every chapter-a-day post may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

We end 2021 and begin 2022 with a countdown of the top 15 chapter-a-day posts since Tom Vander Well began blogging a chapter-a-day back in March of 2006. We continue today with Top Post #6. The text version of every chapter-a-day post may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

We end 2021 and begin 2022 with a countdown of the top 15 chapter-a-day posts since Tom Vander Well began blogging a chapter-a-day back in March of 2006. We continue today with Top Post #7. The text version of every chapter-a-day post may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

We end 2021 and begin 2022 with a countdown of the top 15 chapter-a-day posts since Tom Vander Well began blogging a chapter-a-day back in March of 2006. We continue today with Top Post #8. The text version of every chapter-a-day post may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

We end 2021 and begin 2022 with a countdown of the top 15 chapter-a-day posts since Tom Vander Well began blogging a chapter-a-day back in March of 2006. We continue today with Top Post #9. The text version of every chapter-a-day post may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

We end 2021 and begin 2022 with a countdown of the top 15 chapter-a-day posts since Tom Vander Well began blogging a chapter-a-day back in March of 2006. We continue today with Top Post #10. The text version of every chapter-a-day post may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

We end 2021 and begin 2022 with a countdown of the top 15 chapter-a-day posts since Tom Vander Well began blogging a chapter-a-day back in March of 2006. We continue today with Top Post #11. The text version of every chapter-a-day post may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

We end 2021 and begin 2022 with a countdown of the top 15 chapter-a-day posts since Tom Vander Well began blogging a chapter-a-day back in March of 2006. We continue today with Top Post #12. The text version of every chapter-a-day post may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

We end 2021 and begin 2022 with a countdown of the top 15 chapter-a-day posts since Tom Vander Well began blogging a chapter-a-day back in March of 2006. We continue today with Top Post #13. The text version of every chapter-a-day post may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

We end 2021 and begin 2022 with a countdown of the top 15 chapter-a-day posts since Tom Vander Well began blogging a chapter-a-day back in March of 2006. We continue today with Top Post #14. The text version of every chapter-a-day post may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

We end 2021 and begin 2022 with a countdown of the top 15 chapter-a-day posts since Tom Vander Well began blogging a chapter-a-day back in March of 2006. We kick it off today with Top Post #15.

In this Wayfarer Weekend (WW) podcast, we'll talk about layers of introspection from devotional chapter-a-day thoughts to an annual focus on "one word." Earlier in 2021, I talked about my "one word" for this year. Today, I'll recap some of the places my focus on that word led me, and how it's helped me in my spiritual journey.

This life journey ebbs and flows, and its course doesn't always conveniently coincide with the spirit of the holidays the world seems to annually expect of me. And, that's okay. A chapter-a-day podcast from Lamentations 5. The text version of very chapter-a-day podcast may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I'm no prophet, but I also know that there are no guarantees in this life. A chapter-a-day podcast from Lamentations 4. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Along the journey, I've learned that there's a point at which the healthy expression of my sorrow becomes an unhealthy victim status. A chapter-a-day podcast from Lamentations 3. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

It's through the free flow of my grief that God spiritually transports me to where He's leading me. A chapter-a-day podcast from Lamentations 2. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

In the quiet this morning, I found myself praying for all those for whom this Christmas is an especially "blue" Christmas. A chapter-a-day podcast from Lamentations 1. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found at tomvanderwell.com .

Should Joseph decide to "settle accounts" with his brothers for beating him with murderous intent and then selling him into slavery he could. All Joseph had to do was give the word. A chapter-a-day podcast from Genesis 50. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Along my earthly journey, I have observed individuals whose lives have been either blessed or plagued by the words of a parent. These words get imprinted in a person's psyche and soul for good or for ill. A chapter-a-day podcast from Genesis 49. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .