This morning, as I meditated on the chapter, I found myself once again finding the world of comic books an apt parallel. A chapter-a-day podcast from Revelation 17. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I remember in college when some buddies of mine introduced me to an entirely different genre of comic books. They were not the bright cape-wearing superheroes in spandex but dark and gritty heroes that stirred completely different kinds of emotions within me. A chapter-a-day podcast from Revelation 16. The text version of today's podcast may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

On a grand scale, the Great Story is about slavery. A chapter-a-day podcast from Revelation 15. The text version of today's podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I'm so glad that we all have the opportunity to grow beyond the little twits we can be as children. A chapter-a-day podcast from Revelation 14. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Along my journey, I have often found it helpful to reduce life's complexities to the root binaries such as good or evil, death or life, and/or positive or negative before I choose my way. A chapter-a-day podcast from Revelation 13. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I proceed on this another day of an earthly journey, believing not just that Jesus offered a helpful guide for behavior in this temporal, earthly existence, but that He came as part of a Great Story, pointing me to a Kingdom that is more real and beyond description with the limitations of human vocabulary. A chapter-a-day podcast from Revelation 12. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

There are mornings on this chapter-a-day journey when I feel as if I am left with more questions than answers; Mornings when I am more perplexed than inspired. I've come to believe that this is not a bad thing. Along my journey, I've found that it is often the long stretches of pondering good questions that ultimately lead to new depths of spiritual understanding. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Over the past couple of days, I have been watching a documentary about Roman Catholic priests who committed terrible acts of child abuse and subsequent horrific crimes to cover it up. There have been multiple times that I've come close to turning it off and walking away. It's hard to watch. A chapter-a-day podcast from Revelation 10. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Along my spiritual journey, I've observed that it's easy to get lost in the minute details of apocalyptic literature. Instead of getting buried in the minutia, I tend to pull back to try and see the big picture. A chapter-a-day podcast from Revelation 9. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Disruption of supply chains, disruptions caused by war, supply shortages,  famine, inflation, economic disruption, anger, and violence: sound familiar? A chapter-a-day podcast from Revelation 8. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.