Doing the right thing is not always the easiest thing. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 22. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

In the quiet this morning, I'm reminded that this faith journey is one of perpetual surrender. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 21. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I find in Jeremiah's lament the childlike sense of safety to throw an unbridled tantrum before an understanding and patient parent who sees the tantrum as the momentary meltdown it is in the context of broader and more mature knowledge. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 20. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

God ultimately wanted to rewire His people's thinking and beliefs, their minds and hearts. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 19. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

There is a place where the mystery of God's will and my will finds its tension. God may want to mold me a certain way, but if I remain oppositionally defiant and hard-hearted, then there's only so much that can be done with me. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 18. The text version of today's podcast may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Behavior modification will never change a scarred heart. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 17. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

After yesterday's amazing celebration and feast, today's chapter really resonated. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 16. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

God doesn't work like the American educational system in which you keep moving up a grade whether or not you actually learned anything during the school year. In God's Kingdom system, I have to actually learn the lesson before I get to move up to the next level of spiritual maturity. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 15. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

If the world operated perfectly within the comfortable little box of my personal worldview then Jesus would never have had to cry out, "Father, let this cup pass from me" and I would never need faith. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 14. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

The prophet Jeremiah will be vindicated and proved right. But he takes no pleasure in this. In fact, it pains him greatly. A chapter-a-day podcast from Jeremiah 13. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.