Wayfarer

In today's chapter, we are briefly introduced to a mysterious figure, a sage character who appears on stage for a moment, but whose presence is dripping with foreshadowing in the larger Great Story which will only become clear thousands of years later. A chapter-a-day podcast from Genesis 14. The text version of all chapter-a-day podcasts may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

"Greener" grass isn't always the best criteria for making a decision. A chapter-a-day podcast from Genesis 13. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Today's chapter marks an important shift in the Great Story. It is an inflection point. The narrative shifts from humanity's continuous and repetitive descent toward a promise and hope of redemption. A chapter-a-day podcast from Genesis 12. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Never, since the Tower of Babel, has humanity been more of a global village increasingly uniting under the umbrella of technology and connected to all countries and cultures through social media. At the same time, I observe more and more confusion about who we are. A chapter-a-day podcast from Genesis 11. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

As I traverse this chapter-a-day journey, I'm reminded that every chapter holds meaning, even the seemingly meaningless ones. A chapter-a-day podcast from Genesis 10. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

In today's chapter, God establishes the sacredness of "life," "blood," and "covenant." A chapter-a-day podcast from Genesis 9. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I'm reminded this morning of Romans 2:4 which says it is God's kindness that leads to repentance, not hatred, anger, judgment, condemnation, or damnation. A chapter-a-day podcast from Genesis 8. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

The water in today's chapter was an agent of divine judgment and it is transformed into an agent of divine redemption, and that is a beautiful picture of Great Story itself. A chapter-a-day podcast from Genesis 7. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Order, chaos, reorder, is the natural flow of life on earth between the fall of humanity in Genesis chapter three and the new creation of the last two chapters of Revelation. A chapter-a-day podcast from Genesis 6. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found at tomvanderwell.com.

Today's chapter is more than genealogy. It is layered with numbers and patterns that metaphorically point to important lessons. A chapter-a-day podcast from Genesis 5. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.