Wayfarer

When I was a young man, I embarked on a fact-finding mission to better understand my families of origin. What I discovered was that underneath the veneer of stories that I'd been told (the good, polite, and acceptable ones) there was a whole lot of mess. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 127. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

In the quiet this morning, I find myself reflecting on the highs and lows of this life journey. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 126. Text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I have found that the spiritual truths that God wove into creation increasingly come into focus and gain clarity as my eyes weaken and my vision fades with age. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 125. Text version can always be found at tomvanderwell.com.

I have experienced that the breaking of certain traditions has been a spiritually healthy thing for me personally. I have also found that rediscovering lost traditions, that may have needed to go away for a time, can be equally as healthy to my spiritual journey. A chapter-a-day podcast on Psalm 124. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

There were different songs of ascent for the different seasons of life each spiritual wayfarer might be in on the repeated journey to and from Jerusalem. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 123. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

His mission was not to change the kingdoms of this world, but to instill the Kingdom of God into the hearts of individuals, that I might bring that Kingdom into the human systems in which I interact every day. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 122. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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.