Following Jesus is a faith journey because it requires me to find assurance in hope that isn’t readily apparent in my present circumstances. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 93. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Along my spiritual journey, I’ve learned to shun religious rule-keeping and seek those things that promote Life and Spirit. What I’ve learned is that there is a crucial difference between religious rule-keeping and spiritual discipline. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 92. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

This Wayfarer Weekend Podcast: Trivial Pursuit, Naked Tenders, Synergy, Magnanimity, Thomas Aquinas, Kenosis, Quarantine, English Premier League, and Ted Lasso as we discuss "One Word."

One of the observations I've made this year as I've watched and listened is how individuals respond and react to fear. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 91. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I observed how my mentor managed his time in this really cool binder to which he constantly referred. I asked him to teach me about time management. I was surprised by the first lesson. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 90. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Today's psalm reminds me of the very human reaction I tend to have whenever life doesn't turn out the way I planned. A chapter-a-day post from Psalm 89. Text version can always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

If you're an angst-filled teenager or a melancholy Enneagram Type Four, then you'll love wallowing in the gloom as the psalmist pens: "The Darkness is my closest friend." A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 88. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

This week on the Wayfarer Weekend (WW) podcast: The second-half of "Conversations with Life" with Matthew Burch. Sage, friend, therapist, and "one who leads people to the source," we will unpack how conversations with life keep us growing and moving to better places. 

The editors were metaphorically calling me as a reader to "center down" and come to God's presence in the midst of my distress. What I will find there, the song's final line tells me is God's "fountain" or "spring." A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 87. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

There are days when I have to be reminded, once again, to consider joy: Surrendering the circumstances of that day in order to reach further up and further in to take hold of it. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 86. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.