Wayfarer

The words of Asaph's song leave me sitting in the quiet this morning thinking about my conversations with family and friends earlier this year. I'm pondering some of the things that I have consciously done as a result, as well as those things that I have left undone. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 82. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

One of the mysteries of the Great Story is that individuals in the story hear God's voice. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 81. Text version can always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

As another Christmas approaches, I'm connecting with the least discussed event of that first Christmas. If I miss that connection, then I'm missing the Life, not only of the Christmas story, but the entire Great Story itself. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 80. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Today's psalm is another example of God honoring the need that we have as human beings of expressing our hearts and emotions in the moment, as we have them, no matter where we find ourselves in our spiritual development. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 79. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

How much do I miss out on because I make assumptions about others? Am I going to hold the people at my class reunion to the people they were 30 years ago? How do I walk with my adult children as they forge their path, even though it's not the path I would have chosen for them? These questions and more in the second half of my conversation about Spiritual Transformation with Laine Korver.

In the quiet this morning, I find myself contemplating my love of history on both a large scale as well as the more intimate history of both my paternal and maternal families. Through the warts-and-all history of both family and humanity, Wisdom has taught me so much. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 78. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I don't need to pray for God's presence. I need to pray that God will heal my spiritual blindness. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 77. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Sometimes the miracle is part of the Great Story (Peter escaping the Jerusalem prison), and sometimes the suffering is part of the Great Story (Peter being executed in Rome). Basically, it's like Wendy in a parking lot. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 76. Text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I have a feeling that most of the collective conversation this year will be a giant good-riddance to 2020 and desperate, hopeful pleas for better times ahead. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 75. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

The fact that Asaph's song made it into the anthology of Hebrew song lyrics tells me that, like a good parent, God understands that sometimes we have to feel our feels. A chapter-a-day podcast from Psalm 74. Text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.