No matter where I run or how far I run, God is there asking me to face the very thing I fear. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 42. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

When you have the wrong people in critical positions of any human system, things will only get messier. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 41. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

There was never a point at which Jeremiah was not in danger of insult, mockery, public humiliation, verbal attack, physical attack, or the threat of death. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 40. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Today's chapter is Jeremiah's D-Day. All that he has prophesied for forty years finally happens. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 39. The text version may be found and played at tomvanderwell.com.

There are moments along life's road when life feels like I am being besieged on all sides by circumstances I don't control. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 38. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

When all that I hear are the things I'm comfortable hearing, something is dysfunctional in the system. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 37. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

In my lifetime, I have never observed such a time as the one in which we are living, when political, media, educational and business institutions work hard to suppress and control anything contrary to the narrative they want publicly proclaimed. And, for the record, it happens on both sides of our divided political spectrum. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 36. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Whenever I find myself deep in the weeds, I stop and grab hold once again of Jesus' profound simplicity. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 35. The text version may be found and played at tomvanderwell.com.

Inside ancient Jerusalem the besieged residents of agree to free any Hebrew slaves inside the city. This sounds like a worthy and kind gesture given the grave circumstances, but their motives weren't exactly pure. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 34. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

The journey is one from birth straight through until this wayfaring stranger crosses over Jordan. If I look to the horizon and see a point of arrival short of that, it's just a mirage. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 33. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.