Wayfarer

Today's chapter is a master class in leadership. It could be titled How to Lose Half Your Kingdom in Three Days. Specifically, it reveals how not to lead. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Kings 12. The text version can always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Please follow, subscribe, "like," and share. Comments welcome.

Rebellion may be a typical young person's problem, but spiritual drift is too often a problem in life's later stages -- when a divided heart leads to spiritual duplicity. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Kings 11. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Please follow, subscribe, "like," and share. Comments welcome.

Because sometimes the most spiritually dangerous moment isn't when everything is falling apart. It's when everything is going spectacularly well. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Kings 10. The text version can always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Please follow, subscribe, "like," and share. Comments welcome.

After the spiritual mountain top of a week at summer camp, there was always an inevitable question: What does real life look like on Monday morning? A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Kings 9. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com Please follow, subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

The most important thing about knowing where home is isn't that I never wander from it. It's that when I eventually realize how lost I am, I always know which way to turn. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Kings 8. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Please follow, subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

As with yesterday's chapter, there is a spiritual warning hiding in the opulent beauty of Solomon's Temple. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Kings 7. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Please follow, subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

Today's chapter reads on the surface like the boring recitation of a contractor's plans. Yet, once again, there are some important spiritual truths flowing beneath the blueprints. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Kings 6. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. Please follow, subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

God doesn't give wisdom merely so that I might know more. He gives wisdom so that I might build well. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Kings 5. The text version can always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Please follow, subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

By virtually every ancient measure, Solomon is winning. Yet the narrator has slipped several tiny warning lights onto the dashboard. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Kings 4. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Please follow, subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

Everyone knows that Solomon asked God to grant him wisdom. You know what? It's not true. Wisdom is not what he asked for. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Kings 3. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Please follow, subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

Solomon doesn't begin with a clean slate. He inherits David's kingdom. But he also inherits David's relationships, promises, enemies, loyalties, compromises, deferred judgments, and unresolved problems. That's life. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Kings 2. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Please follow, subscribe, "Like," and share. Co...

Who will ascend to David's throne? It comes down to two brothers. Adonijah is the eldest son. Solomon is the youngest son and the offspring of the scandalous Bathsheba. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Kings 1. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com Please follow, subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

Today's chapter is the final chapter of 2 Samuel . Strangely enough, it abruptly ends with a census, a plague, and a sacrifice. For the casual modern reader, it's definitely a head scratcher. There's no "and all they lived happily ever after." A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Samuel 24. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. Please subscribe, foll...

At the end of David's story, we're given an important truth. Grace neither denies the glory nor erases the scars. A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Samuel 23. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Please subscribe, follow, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

You know the movie is over when the song begins and the ending credits roll. Our chapter-a-day journey has reached the end of David's story. How fitting that the narrator chooses to drop one of David's own songs into the text like a fitting End Theme to the movie. A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Samuel 22. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. Please subscrib...

To the ancient Hebrews, sin was not merely an isolated transaction between perpetrator and victim. Sin created ripples through communities, families, institutions, generations, and even the land itself. A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Samuel 21. The text verision may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com Please subscribe, follow, "Like," and share! Comments welcome.

An unnamed woman with no army, no office, no title, and no apparent authority saves an entire city with wisdom. Hers is an example I want to follow. A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Samuel 20. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Please subscribe, follow, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

As I meditated on both David and Barzillai this morning, it struck me that they have for me a beautiful lesson about what is required at different stages of this life journey. A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Samuel 19. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Please subscribe, follow, "Like," and/or share. Comments welcome.

Along this earthly journey, I've observed that sometimes prayers are answered in heartbreaking ways. A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Samuel 18. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Please subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

Hashgachah refers to God's providential oversight that works through ordinary events rather than spectacular miracles. Today's chapter is a great example. A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Samuel 17. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Please subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

I've learned along my own journey that repentance changes my posture toward criticism. David isn't defending his reputation. He is entrusting it to God. A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Samuel 16. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Please subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

If one wrong move started this avalanche, maybe what David needs is just one step in the right direction. A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Samuel 15. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. Please subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

A kiss may be the quintessential act of human intimacy. Yet, through history and art it becomes a powerful device for communicating a whole host of human emotions and realities... A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Samuel 14. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com Please subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome!

And, as I sat with Tamar in my heart this morning and listened to her share her story with me, my father's heart broke. A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Samuel 13. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . Please subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

Some mistakes become life-defining. They get attached to a person's identity, and it follows them for the rest of their life. A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Samuel 12. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvandewell.com . Please subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.