In my head and heart are a number of things I would like to write about in greater length than a blog post. Perhaps a book, an essay, or an article. Let me tell you about one of them. A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 13. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

In today's chapter, Job continues to struggle with the "why" of his suffering. He wants to know why he is going through this painful stretch of his life journey. Job wants to pin the blame on something or someone. A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 12. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

https://tomvanderwell.com/2023/08/08/relationship-communication/By its very nature, relationship is built on the quality of communication between two parties. A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 11. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I pondered Job's prosecution of God this morning as if I was a juror in his improvisational courtroom play. A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 10. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Job sees the relationship between he and God as a chasm of irreconcilable differences. Job mourns that there is no mediator to bring the two sides together. A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 9. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

All due respect to Job's friend, Bill, but in telling Job to take a backward glance to the past he has chosen to be carefully selective in his stated evidence so as to justify his simplistic conclusion. A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 8. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Along my life journey, I have learned that I can brood with the best of brooders. A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 7. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

There is always more to the story.... A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 6. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

In reading the last half of Job's friend, Eli's, first discourse about Job's suffering, it felt kind of slimy from a relational human perspective. A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 5. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Do good, receive presents. Be naughty, reap coal. It's the "Santa Clause." We feed it to our children, and it sticks with us as adults. A chapter-a-day podcast from Job 4. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.