Wayfarer

It appears to me that Jesus' motivation was to bring a Kingdom to this world that looks nothing like the kingdoms of this world. A chapter-a-day podcast from John 6. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. Please feel free to "Like" and share.

"Do you want to get well?" On the surface, it seems a stupid question to ask a paralyzed man, but maybe it's not stupid at all. A chapter-a-day podcast from John 5. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. Please "Like" and share.

As I look back on my journey as a follower of Jesus, I recognize that it has been a process of learning who I truly am in relationship to who Jesus truly is. A chapter-a-day podcast from John 4. 

Like U2 trying to steal "Helter Skelter" back from what Charles Manson made of it, I want to get back to the meaning of a simple word picture Jesus gave to a spiritually blind religious man. A chapter-a-day podcast from John 3. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. Please "Like" and share!

In the quiet this morning I find myself desiring to embody two character qualities that John identifies in Jesus. A chapter-a-day podcast from John 2. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. Please "Like" and share.

Yesterday, I posted an old photo of my parents on social media. Friends were quick to comment how much I look like my father. A chapter-a-day podcast from John 1. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. Please "Like" and share!

Road trips are good for the soul (in more ways than one). A chapter-a-day podcast from Exodus 13, originally published June 2, 2020, on the Wayfarer blog at tomvanderwell.com.

I'm reminded this morning that Harriett Tubman led approximately 70 slaves to freedom on some 13 missions. Seventy out of some 6 million slaves. She courageously and intentionally did what she could. There's no reason I can't expect the same from myself. A chapter-a-day podcast from Exodus 12, originally published as a blog post on June 1, 2020, on the Wayfarer blog at tomvanderwell.com.

Some mornings my soul is overwhelmed with questions. Like Jacob, I find myself wrestling with God. The Moses story will always be relevant in a fallen world where broken earthly systems favor some people and not others. A chapter-a-day podcast originally published on May 29, 2020, on the Wayfarer blog at tomvanderwell.com.

An adult can't reason with a two-year-old by getting him or her to sit and listen to you read a psychology textbook that explains his or her need to modify behavior. In the same way, understanding ancient stories require me, a 21st-century reader, to think outside the box of my 21st-century thoughts and sensitivities. They require me to think about how God is meeting with and interacting with humanity in the context of the way they lived, thought, believed, and interpreted their world thousands of years ago. A chapter-a-day podcast from Exodus 10, originally published as a blog post on May 28, 2020, at tomvanderwell.com.