Wayfarer

There's a divorce decree in the filing cabinet next to my desk. I could write a book about how a seventeen-year marriage starts, struggles, fails, and ends.

A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Kings 21. The text version can always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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Yesterday, Hezekiah spread his troubles out before God. Today, he spreads his treasures out to impress men.

A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Kings 20. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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Faith isn't the confidence that everything will turn out the way I want. It's the willingness to spread my fears before God and trust him with what happens next.

A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Kings 19. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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When we get rules and exceptions confused in life, things get wonky. I observed that this is equally true in life as it is in business.

A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Kings 18. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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I observe that in our current times, many people feel anxious and outcast. It's easy to feel that we don't fit. Life isn't working out the way we thought or hoped. Others hate us, and we're not sure why. We find ourselves hammering out lives but feeling like things aren't coming together like we thought they would.

A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Kings 17. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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I have observed along my journey that people don't always lose faith by walking away from God. Sometimes they move God a little farther from the center of their lives, one seemingly reasonable decision at a time.

A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Kings 16. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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The politics of the Kingdoms of this World thrive on chaos, scandal, personal attacks, sensationalism, and lies. As it always has been here on earth, and always shall be in this fallen world.

A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Kings 15. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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There's something profoundly beautiful about a God whose compassion isn't dependent on the spiritual performance of the people who need it. Judgment is not God's only response to human failure.

A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Kings 14. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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When I'm disappointed in myself (and that happens a lot), I assume God must be disappointed enough to turn away. When I've repeated an old failure, I assume God's patience must finally be exhausted. When I've wandered, I assume the distance between God and me is equal to the distance God has moved away from me. But today's chapter tells me something different.

A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Kings 13. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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Somewhere along the way, Joash appears to confuse maintaining the institution with having and maintaining his own personal relationship with God.

A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Kings 12. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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