Wayfarer

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.

This morning, I'm left admitting (once again) that I know that I don't know the answers to some of these questions. There are couple of things, however, that I do know. A chapter-a-day podcast from Revelation 7. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

"What do you expect?!" I find that an apt question with regard to the bleak description that Jesus, John, and the prophets foreshadow regarding humanity's final chapters. A chapter-a-day podcast from Revelation 6. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

In Light of today's chapter, I see my earthly journey in the context of an eternal reality that begins before the Great Story and will flow beyond its final chapters. I suddenly find that other things begin to make more sense. A chapter-a-day podcast from Revelation 5. The text version can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

As children, we like to wear crowns and tiaras and pretend we're kings and queens. As adults, we do the same thing it's just that it's usually less visible and obvious. A chapter-a-day podcast from Revelation 4. The text version may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.