All of the ritual, participation, knowledge and cognitive assent to a belief statement at church had relatively little effect on my motives, my thoughts, my words, or my actions. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 141. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Ever since I was a kid, I have been one to excessively ruminate on conflict or personal problems that I encounter along life's road. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 140. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I've learned along this journey that sometimes old things must be razed before new, fruitful things can begin growing. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 139. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I find that God's Kingdom is not about top-down systemic power but about bottom-up organic transformation of Spirit. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 138. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

This past weekend as I spent hours power-washing, I found my mind wandering back to a slight that I experienced fifteen years ago which became the death knell of a relationship that effectively ended ten years before that. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 137. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

As I thought about the structure of the song, I couldn't help but think that it parallels every life story, my life story. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 136. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Wendy and I returned last night from our "spring break" in which we spent a long weekend getting our Playhouse at the lake opened up and ready for the coming summer. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 135. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

In the quiet this morning I find myself meditating on the spiritual notion of "call and response" which works in both directions. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 134. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I am grieved by the level of discord, dissension, conflict, and "cancellation" in our culture of late. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 133. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

When Paul said that for the believer "old things pass away" I believe that among the things that pass away are beliefs, patterns of thought, and behaviors that were instilled in me by the systems into which I was born and in which I was raised. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 132. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.