Wayfarer

In the quiet this morning, I find my heart ruminating once again on this difficult year. Like the writer of Psalm 85, I find myself having to consciously stop and listen "to what God the Lord, says." A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 85. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

"One day in your courts" is not about me going to church on Sunday. For followers of Jesus, it is a spiritual pilgrimage of the heart to seek commune with God's Spirit within my heart, soul, and mind in each day, each hour, each moment. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 84. Text version can always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

On this Wayfarer Weekend podcast, we welcome Matthew Burch. As a therapist, consultant, and advisor, Matthew believes that everyone is having a conversation with life. We're going to unpack that thought over the next two Wayfarer Weekend podcasts.

The fact that I can't comprehend Asaph's realities leads me to extend him some grace as I try to wrap my head around the context of asking God to destroy my enemy. Which leaves me asking, "What am I supposed to take away from Psalm 83?" A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 83. The text version can be found and share at tomvanderwell.com .

The words of Asaph's song leave me sitting in the quiet this morning thinking about my conversations with family and friends earlier this year. I'm pondering some of the things that I have consciously done as a result, as well as those things that I have left undone. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 82. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

One of the mysteries of the Great Story is that individuals in the story hear God's voice. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 81. Text version can always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

As another Christmas approaches, I'm connecting with the least discussed event of that first Christmas. If I miss that connection, then I'm missing the Life, not only of the Christmas story, but the entire Great Story itself. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 80. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Today's psalm is another example of God honoring the need that we have as human beings of expressing our hearts and emotions in the moment, as we have them, no matter where we find ourselves in our spiritual development. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 79. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

How much do I miss out on because I make assumptions about others? Am I going to hold the people at my class reunion to the people they were 30 years ago? How do I walk with my adult children as they forge their path, even though it's not the path I would have chosen for them? These questions and more in the second half of my conversation about Spiritual Transformation with Laine Korver.

In the quiet this morning, I find myself contemplating my love of history on both a large scale as well as the more intimate history of both my paternal and maternal families. Through the warts-and-all history of both family and humanity, Wisdom has taught me so much. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 78. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I don't need to pray for God's presence. I need to pray that God will heal my spiritual blindness. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 77. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

Sometimes the miracle is part of the Great Story (Peter escaping the Jerusalem prison), and sometimes the suffering is part of the Great Story (Peter being executed in Rome). Basically, it's like Wendy in a parking lot. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 76. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

I have a feeling that most of the collective conversation this year will be a giant good-riddance to 2020 and desperate, hopeful pleas for better times ahead. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 75. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com .

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.