In the quiet this morning I find myself thinking about my own journey which includes holy moments that occurred both on spiritual mountain tops and sinful, dark valleys. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 106. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I'm publishing this podcast on my 20,000th birthday. I'm 20,000 days old today. When I was a young man my mentor encouraged me to "number my days." Years later he asked me if I'd be willing to speak at his funeral and share about the things I learned in doing so. I'm sorry to say I didn't have the opportunity to do that, but I'm sharing it with you in this podcast.

As I've been meditating on how technology is forming us, I've thought about the difference between information and knowledge, between data and understanding. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 105. Text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Among our local gathering of Jesus' followers, we've been asking ourselves a lot of questions about distractions and attachments. A chapter-a-day podcast on Psalm 104. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

In a few weeks, I will mark a milestone in my spiritual journey. It was a frigidly cold February night in 1981 when I decided to become a follower of Jesus. It's been forty years. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 103. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

One of the oft-forgotten themes of the Great Story is that of descendence. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 102. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

To the ancient Hebrews, the heart and the eyes were of primary importance in determining one’s ultimate actions.  A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 101. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

The return from COVID quarantine!! On this Wayfarer Weekend, we attempt to get back into spiritual rhythm with a discussion of "The Way of a Disciple." 

Wendy and I have noticed as we worship that there’s often what feels like a spiritual lid on the room. You can feel people waiting for an excuse, or for someone to give permission to shout, cheer, and let out some God-given, human emotion. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 100. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I confess that “holy” is a word, and a spiritual concept, that I failed to fully understand, or flat out got wrong, for most of my journey. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 99. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.