In the quiet this morning, I am reminded by the lyrics of this song that sometimes I need words of assurance and affirmation along this life journey. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 121. Text version can always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

One summer in my youth, I worked in the cornfields. I will always remember it as the summer that I learned about work songs. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 120. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. 

Making the Great Story a part of my daily life hasn't made me perfect or pure, but the Great Shepherd has always used it to find this lost sheep and call me back to the fold. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 119. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Music plays such a fascinating role in the human experience. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 118. Text version can always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Along my life journey, I have observed that we humans like to reduce very complex questions into simple binary boxes and choices. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 117. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Brood is actually an interesting word because the most common definition in the English language means "to sit on" and "incubate" as a mother hen sits on her eggs. What an apt word picture for what I can do with a conflict or crisis. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 116. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Along my life journey, I've seen tremendous change. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 115. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Along my journey, I have experienced discord and division among any number of groups to which I belonged. This includes family, churches, community organizations, and most recently, a nation.A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 114. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

There are two themes in the Great Story that I have repeatedly mentioned across the 15 years I've been writing these chapter-a-day posts, and they are beautifully present in today's chapter, Psalm 113. They are, however, easily missed by the casual reader. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 113. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com

Many years ago, as my life was emerging from the ash heap I had made of it, I happened upon today's chapter, Psalm 112. I remember reading the lyrics to this ancient Hebrew song and realizing that it described the person I want to become and to be on this earthly journey. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 112. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.