Wayfarer

The fact that Asaph's song made it into the anthology of Hebrew song lyrics tells me that, like a good parent, God understands that sometimes we have to feel our feels. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 74. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

The first half of my conversation with an amazing lady full of joy and wisdom. Laine Korver talks about her own journey and shares her experiences with Spiritual Formation.

Pretty sins are shortcomings we largely ignore because we all do it and so there is an unspoken social and spiritual covenant we have with one another to turn a blind eye. Envy is one such pretty sin. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 73. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

This is the way. I have spoken. ;-) A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 72. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I couldn't help but notice this morning that David's faith, hope, trust, and praise are not the result of his circumstances. David is choosing them despite his circumstances, the same way he always has. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 71. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com

The second part of our conversation with Dr. Karen Cleveland, a clinical psychologist, and a certified Enneagram coach.  In Part 2 we talk about "wings" and "triads."

There a certain waypoints on the road of life when all I can muster is a cry for help. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 70. The text version can always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

In the quiet this morning I couldn't help but think back on the darkest moments of my own life journey when my sins and mistakes wreaked havoc on my life and wounded those I love. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 69. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Why does "journey" resonate so deeply in me? What is it about the journey that seems to weave itself into the fabric of everything? We even envision time as a line that moves from one waypoint to another. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 68. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

In the quiet this morning, I'm listening to voices on the whispering wind. My heart grumbles, but it never grumbles with essential spiritual perspective in mind. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 67. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

God uses story because we find a connection to ourselves, our lives, and our stories in the story. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 66. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

On this Wayfarer Weekend, I welcome Dr. Karen Cleveland to the podcast. Karen is a Clinical Psychologist and Certified Enneagram Coach who was a reluctant convert to the wisdom of the Enneagram. In Part 1 we discuss her reluctance and what she's learned, she discussed the importance of being patient in determining your Type, and talk about those confusing arrows on the Enneagram diagram.

I have a confession to make this morning. As I read through the lyrics of Psalm 65, I found that my weariness of current events has made my heart cynical and grumbling. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 65. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Every time those obstacles, burdens, critics, detractors, and attacks have my heart and mind twisted up in anxious knots, I have Psalm 64 to remind me what David did. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 64. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

The "Nightwatch." I've always loved that metaphor. The word picture reminds me that, spiritually speaking, Jesus always pulls the Nightwatch. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 63. Text version can always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

In a world of endangered silence, with ceaseless noise of humanity encroaching on me 24/7/365, I find this morning that I need this mysterious, missing word. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 62. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com . 

One of the great things about this chapter-a-day journey and spending my life reading and studying the Great Story is that Jesus words are forever stored on my mental and spiritual hard drive. Even when I feel a chasm between me and God, Jesus' words remind me that it's a mirage. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 61. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

The most contentious election in recent history in the most strange year of our lifetimes. Where are we headed and where is it all going? Thoughts of a "wayfaring stranger traveling through this world of woe."

From my current waypoint on this Life journey, I find David's song is less about an actual battle than it is about feelings of loss, defeat, and despair. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 60. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Just last night as we lay in bed I expressed to Wendy that all it takes is for me to glance at any social media app right now and feel misunderstood, slandered, belittled, and dishonored. I have to believe I'm not alone in that. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 59. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com

Along this life journey, I've come to acknowledge that I can't avoid anger. Even Jesus got righteously angry, and Paul told the followers of Jesus in Ephesus not that anger is wrong or bad, but what we do with it. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 58. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I find in the story of Saul and David a contrast of attitudes that speaks to the divergent paths of thought and emotion I can take today. In David's song, I find an example for me to contemplate and to emulate. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 57. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Along life's journey, I've found fear to be a debilitating emotion and acting out of fear to be spiritually counter-productive. I've observed that I can't really walk in faith and fear at the same time. They cancel each other out. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 56. Text version can always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Wrapping up the "Beginner's Guide to the Great Story" discussing the book of Revelation, the apocalypse, the end times. Tom Vander Well provides an introduction and primer to those who may have never read the book of Revelations for themselves and have questions about the Bible's prophetic imagery about the end of the world. #revelation #endtimes #apocalypse #prophecy 

Parenting is one of the grand adventures of this life journey. It has produced the greatest of joys and the deepest of sorrows. It has humbled me to my core, and has equipped Lady Sophia with some of the most powerful practicums for teaching me wisdom. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 55. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .