Wayfarer

Sometimes, we need a friend who knows us well enough to give us the encouragement and affirmation we need, and who we know cares for us enough to give it. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ephesians 1. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Iowa farmland is among the richest, most productive in the entire world which means that it is of great financial worth. Because of this, living in Iowa gives you a front row seat to what land can do to the human heart. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 48. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

What many people don’t know is that “shalom" which is literally translated into English as “peace” has a meaning that cannot be simply contained by one comparable English word. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 47. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . “I’m Not Okay” with lyrics by Jelly Roll

Jesus came to build on this seed that Ezekiel’s vision is planting and do something  new . Jesus came to tear down distinctions of race, class, and gender A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 46. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . The WSJ article referenced in today’s podcast .

Throughout the Great Story, beginning in  Exodus , God has been trying to provide humanity with a vision for  how things can and should be . A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 45. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Jesus came to usher in a new age of humanity in which the Temple is no longer a bricks-and-mortar building but a flesh-and-blood organism. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 44. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Why would God give Zeke this vision and instructions for a Temple that has never been built? A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 43. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Do you want to know what makes an evening of great theatre? The scene changes! A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 42. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

God is a God of detail and distinctions who transforms chaos into order, death into life, and the common into that which is holy. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 41. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Our family long ago realized that our place at the lake was sacred space. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 40. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Along my life journey, I have learned that there is a spiritual dance that happens between the micro and macro, the common and the cosmic, between the everyday events of my life journey and the larger Great Story of which it is a part. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 39. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Along my spiritual journey, I’ve learned that one has to approach the prophetic with humility. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 38. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I am reminded this morning that no matter what happens next Tuesday there is a theme that God has been revealing to humanity over and over and over again for thousands of years that dispels any of my fears. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 37. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Link to Tom's Message mentioned in today's podcast .

Growing up, my mother had a set of fine china and a "silver service." You knew that when mom broke out the fine china a very special meal was about to take place. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 36. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Peace begins with Jesus in me, and His grace through me. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 35. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Right at the moment when Zeke and his compatriots are feeling hopeless, God reminds them where their true hope lies. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 34. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I sometimes see our adult children making choices that I think they’ll regret. Can I ground them? Give them a time-out? Send them to their room? A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 33. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I have always been fascinated by words and phrases and their histories along with culture’s mores and taboos regarding what is acceptable and unacceptable to say. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 32. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Jesus looks nothing like a human emperor, pharaoh, or caesar grabbing power, conquering by force, and clinging to it through intimidation, fear, and violence. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 31. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

One of the overarching themes of the entire Great Story from  Genesis  to  Revelation  is God’s expressed desire to be  known and to have a relationship with the pinnacle of HIs creation, human beings who have the free will to choose or refuse to be in a relationship. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 30. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

When I see evil in the events and the headlines of my daily news, I am reminded that  this   is  the Story. This spiritual conflict  will  continue with all of the tragic aftermath in its wake. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 29. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

One of the things I’ve observed on this earthly journey is that I will always be able to point to people I know and people I know of who have tremendously more wealth than me. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 28. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Rob Henderson’s Essay on Luxury Beliefs referenced in today’s podcast .

Ancient Tyre bragged of its beauty, its power, and its wealth. They believed themselves and their trade indispensable to the nations and therefore believed themselves untouchable. [Cue: Enter the prophet Ezekiel] A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 27. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

The entire Great Story from Genesis to Revelation is really about the conflict between God’s Kingdom and human empire. Human history is a study in the rise and fall of human empires. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 26. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Sometimes on this chapter-a-day journey there are moments of synchronicity. Today is one of those days. A chapter-a-day podcast from Ezekiel 25. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .