I’ve discovered across my entire life journey that being a disciple of Jesus means learning to perceive, discern, and follow God’s flow. A chapter-a-day podcast from Numbers 9. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

In the tradition I was raised, the Reverend of our church was treated as a special class of spiritual person. Everything in the pomp and pageantry of the “high church” tradition wordlessly affirmed that he was spiritually upper-class compared to us every day working class sinners in the pews. A chapter-a-day podcast from Numbers 8. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

It’s chapters like today’s where many a New Year’s resolution to read the entire Bible hit the wall. A chapter-a-day podcast from Numbers 7. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Along this life journey I’ve learned that there are times to dedicate myself to taking things to another level. A chapter-a-day podcast from Numbers 6. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Milo is seven and is an explosive bundle of unbridled, kinetic, little-boy energy. Underneath the exterior of all that normal physical energy lies one of the softest, most genuinely open hearts I've ever experienced in a boy his age. He is a boy. He is maturing. It takes time. A chapter-day podcast from Numbers 5. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

What struck me as I read is that God designated different colors of cloth for different items of the Tabernacle. Why? Because colors have meaning. A chapter-a-day podcast from Numbers 4. The text version (and the portraits Tom talks about in today’s podcast) can be found at tomvanderwell.com.

Despite the Hebrews of “Numbers" being a people and a time that is strange to me, I see echoes of my own stories and experiences on this life journey. That is where I typically find applicable lessons. A chapter-a-day podcast from Numbers 3. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I find it meaningful that the first thing we find God doing at the beginning of the Story is turning chaos to order. A chapter-a-day podcast from Numbers 2. The text version can always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

We are wandering through a fallen world filled with evil, sin, and tragedy. Jesus guaranteed His followers that we would face many kinds of troubles. He said that the world would hate us the way it hated Him. I can bank on that. Which leads me to ask: How prepared am I? A chapter-a-day podcast from Numbers 1. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I have so many young people in my life, my family, and my circles of influence whom I love deeply. My desire for them is not to be mired in anxiety, but to experience the “peace of God, which transcends all understanding." A chapter-a-day podcast from Philippians 4. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.