Wayfarer

When God is continually my source in the quiet - He grows into my refuge in crisis.A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 30. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.Please subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

Sometimes the most gracious thing God does is refuse to let me proceed down a road I have chosen for myself.A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 29. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.Please subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

God's silence does not mean God has lost control — or that He's disinterested. Sometimes silence means God has already spoken.A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 28. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.Please subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

The chapter reminds me that the story of redemption has never depended on perfect faith. It depends on a faithful God. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 27. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.Please subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

David teaches me that having the opportunity to wound someone is not the same thing as having permission. This may be one of the most important leadership lessons in the entire Great Story.A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 26. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.Please subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome.

This is the second of eight Wayfarer Weekend (WW) podcasts exploring Tom Vander Well's Amazon International Bestselling Book "This Call May Be Monitored (What Eavesdropping on Corporate America Taught Me About Business and Life)." Each episode will explore one of the book's eight chapters. Hosted by Michael DeLon. The book can be purchased on Amazon ⁠https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GHS2X145

If there's one thing I've learned about myself along my life journey it's that I have a hair-trigger whenever I feel I'm being dishonored. It's a quick fuse to explosive rage within me.A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 25. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.Please subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments welcome!

Many of life's most important moments don't look like opportunities to do wrong. They look like opportunities to do the right thing the wrong way. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 24. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.Please subscribe, "Like," and share! Comments welcome.

I find it striking that one of the greatest gifts Jonathan ever gave David was not protection, strategy, money, or political influence. It was presence. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 23. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.Please subscribe, "Like," and share! Comments are welcome.

Today's chapter provides a fascinating contrast between worldly realities - how things appear on the surface, and spiritual realities - what's going on underneath the surface. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 22. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.Please subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments are always welcome.

It's easy to assume that when God calls, doors will open smoothly and circumstances will align neatly. But the Great Story repeatedly tells a different story. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 21. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. Please subscribe, "Like," and share. Comments are always welcome!

Along my life journey I've spent enormous energy trying to force reality into the shape of my wishes. The wisdom in today's chapter is that faith often begins where illusion ends. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 20. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

When I read today's chapter, it is tempting to focus on David's escapes. But the deeper reality is that David is not surviving because he is clever. He is surviving because God is quietly arranging people, circumstances, conversations, delays, and interventions that David cannot even see. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 19. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Every individual I know — even the most successful — have had their own wilderness experiences. It's a spiritual principle that God wove into creation and the realities of this fallen world. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 18. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Slaying giants is often as simple as small acts consistently applied. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 17. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. Please subscribe and "Like" -- and comments are always welcome.

Sometimes God moves in quiet tectonic shifts that no one feels on the surface in the moment, but that shift will ultimately lead to massive earthquakes in life down the road. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 16. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

This is the first of eight Wayfarer Weekend (WW) podcasts exploring Tom Vander Well's Amazon International Bestselling Book "This Call May Be Monitored (What Eavesdropping on Corporate America Taught Me About Business and Life)." Each episode will explore one of the book's eight chapters. Hosted by Michael DeLon. The book can be purchased on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GHS2X145

Along my spiritual journey, I've come to realize that the greatest danger is often not outright rejection of God. It is convincing myself that my version of obedience is close enough. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 15. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. Please subscribe, "Like," and comment!

Throughout the Great Story, God moves through people willing to take the next faithful step before the whole map is visible. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 14. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Saul could not endure uncertainty long enough to obey. His core issue is not weakness. It's self-reliance baptized in religious language. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 13. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Sin is real. Grace is more real. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 12. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. Be sure to "like" and subscribe -- and feel free to comment!

This is it. The moment. Saul is down on the farm, but the phone just rang in the dugout. He's getting called up to The Show, and his debut is going to be the lead story on SportsCenter tomorrow. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 11. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Along my journey, I've observed and learned that when God calls individuals, rarely are those individuals ready or prepared for the task. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 10. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

It's easy to imagine God's calling arriving with trumpets and lightning bolts. Along my life journey, I've come to realize that more often, God hides destiny inside ordinary obedience. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 9. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

This is one of the Bible's most sobering truths: God sometimes loves us enough to let us experience the weight of what we insist upon. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 8. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

God's Kingdom and His purposes don't cater to the human expectations of timeliness. They are operating on an eternal scale outside of time. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 7. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. Please subscribe, share, like, and comment.

I've observed that one of the strangest dangers along my spiritual journey is that the longer I walk around sacred things the easier it becomes to lose my sense of wonder. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 6. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I have observed that throughout history followers of Jesus have panicked whenever culture shifted, institutions weakened, or the Church lost influence. But today's chapter whispers: “God is not pacing nervously in heaven.” A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 5. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I'm reminded in the quiet this morning that when life hands me a bitter defeat, when seemingly everything has gone wrong — it is never hopeless. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 4. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Along my life journey, I've observed that it is easy for me to miss the simple spiritual lessons that God wove into creation itself. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 3. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

As I meditated on today's chapter, I found it to have a bit of epic feel to it. It's not just narrating facts, there's a spiritual heartbeat thumping underneath the text. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 2. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Sometimes life requires a more intense prayer offering. A chapter-a-day podcast from 1 Samuel 1. The text version can always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

If I allowed my desires and expectations to determine my decisions, you wouldn't be listening to this podcast. A chapter-a-day podcast from Haggai 2. The text version is always available to read and share at tomvanderwell.com.

I am very capable of building a beautiful life… while quietly neglecting the very thing that gives it meaning. A chapter-a-day podcast from Haggai 1. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

It's often how God works. Not with coercion. Not by breaking down the door. But by invitation. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 24. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

The two thieves crucified with Jesus reminded me this morning of an unexpected call I once received from the hospital. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 23. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

For most of my life, I've stood in Peter's sandals and felt what he felt. In the quiet this morning I saw something different. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 22. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Whenever something comes along with the transformative power to change “normal” life as we know it, it stirs within human minds doubts, fears, and anxieties. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 21. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

If you read this chapter closely, it's dripping with the tension of a political thriller! A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 20. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Today's chapter is about recognition… and the tragedy of missing it. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 19. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

What struck me as I meditated on these things this morning was that I was observing a pattern in the parables and stories that have been lifting off the page for me. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 18. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

“Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” For most of my life, I confess that I muttered these words without truly even thinking about what they meant. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 17. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I wonder how often we are drawn to moments…but resist what they're actually calling us into. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 16. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Heaven celebrates recovery more than consistency. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 15. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Jesus is invited to a dinner party. This isn't a casual dinner. This is a set-up. The table is dripping with intrigue and tension. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 14. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Hidden in plain sight, Luke foreshadows this trinity of kingdoms of this world under the dominion of the Prince of this World. They desperately hate one another - but they will form an unholy alliance to put the Son of God to death. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 13. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

This month brings a harmonic convergence of three important milestones in my life journey. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 12. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Heaven's door doesn't open for the well-mannered. It opens for the ones who won't stop knocking. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 11. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Today's chapter contains four episodes. Each episode has its own lesson, but together they have a cohesive thought to send me into another work week. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 10. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

In case you didn't know it, mountains are a whole theme across the Great Story, and in today's chapter we encounter one of the most crucial examples. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 9. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

Along my journey I've continued to observe individuals who still see the Kingdom of God through the binary lens of professional ministry and everyone else. A chapter-a-day podcast from Luke 8. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.