Wayfarer

Of late, the reality of corruption has been seeping out the cracks of the closed doors and smoke-filled rooms across the political spectrum. I'm not convinced that it will amount to anything. A chapter-a-day podcast from Joel 3. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

The further I get in my spiritual journey, the more I have come to embrace the understanding that the gifts and callings of God's Spirit are not discriminatory in any way. A chapter-a-day podcast from Joel 2. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Tragedy sometimes befalls the best of us, while blessing sometimes rains down on the worst of us. I have observed along my life journey that in either circumstance, Jesus' question remains essentially the same. A chapter-a-day podcast from Joel 1. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

The spiritual journey as a follower of Jesus is fraught with waiting. Spiritual growth is an organic process that requires time. A chapter-a-day podcast from Malachi 4. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

The story of my spiritual journey is inextricably woven with the story of my financial journey. My progress in the former is predicated on my progress in the latter. A chapter-a-day podcast from Malachi 3. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

The text of the prophets expects something different from me in the way I read, study, and think. One of those expectations is for me to see the connections; To see the thread of consistent message running through them. A chapter-a-day podcast from Malachi 2. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

If I take my family's precious and priceless fine china and antique silver spoons and use them to feed a stray dog on the back patio, I'm profaning it. A chapter-a-day podcast from Malachi 1. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

In a world that seems to only value power and triumph, I'm reminded that God's ways always flow in the opposite direction of raw humanity. Eternal power is found in the surrender. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 52. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Babylon occupies a deep historical and metaphorical presence throughout the Great Story. From the erection of the Tower of Babel in the opening chapters of Genesis, to the angelic destruction of a metaphorical Babylon in the final chapters of John's end-times Revelations, Babylon is synonymous with humanity's hubris, pride, and spiritual antagonism. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 51...

Empires rise, they fall, and other empires emerge on this earth. Personally, I want to be part of a Kingdom that's not of this world. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 50. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

"Blood is thicker than water" is the idiom we use to express the importance of family over everything else in life. But I've equally observed that bad blood runs deep. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 49. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Jeremiah proclaims the defeat and exile of Moabites with a metaphorical end to the flow of their wine. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 48. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Along this life journey I have observed that sometimes troubles rise like floodwaters, and I am helpless to avoid them or prevent them. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 47. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

As I've progressed in my spiritual journey, I've learned to increasingly embrace the understanding that God is at work in every person's story. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 46. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I can focus on obediently and faithfully fulfilling that to which I've been called, or I can waste a lot of time pining away in envy for what others have been called to do. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 45. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

How ironic. These Hebrews have come full circle. The former slaves return to the land of their slave master. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 44. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I have found on my spiritual journey that there is a certain humility required of me as a disciple of Jesus. The humility comes from acknowledging that there are certain spiritual mysteries that lie beyond my earthly, human comprehension. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 43. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

No matter where I run or how far I run, God is there asking me to face the very thing I fear. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 42. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

When you have the wrong people in critical positions of any human system, things will only get messier. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 41. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

There was never a point at which Jeremiah was not in danger of insult, mockery, public humiliation, verbal attack, physical attack, or the threat of death. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 40. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Today's chapter is Jeremiah's D-Day. All that he has prophesied for forty years finally happens. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 39. The text version may be found and played at tomvanderwell.com .

There are moments along life's road when life feels like I am being besieged on all sides by circumstances I don't control. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 38. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

When all that I hear are the things I'm comfortable hearing, something is dysfunctional in the system. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 37. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

In my lifetime, I have never observed such a time as the one in which we are living, when political, media, educational and business institutions work hard to suppress and control anything contrary to the narrative they want publicly proclaimed. And, for the record, it happens on both sides of our divided political spectrum. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 36. The text version may be found a...

Whenever I find myself deep in the weeds, I stop and grab hold once again of Jesus' profound simplicity. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 35. The text version may be found and played at tomvanderwell.com .