by Pete Schipper | May 30, 2025 | Uncategorized, Via Maris Monthly
Rock June 2025 Genesis 1:21 / Psalm 18:2 / Matthew 7:24-25 / Luke 15:24 / John 5:24 / John 4:14-15 I remember how, on a lovely bright Tucson morning, Shelly asked the question two days before everything changed. “Nicky, got any thoughts for the Memorial Day...
by Pete Schipper | Apr 30, 2025 | Via Maris Monthly
May 2025 Luke 23:26-43 I am called Dismas. At the moment, I am in great pain. Excuse me while I scream. AAhhhgh! The pain is excruciating, the worst I have ever experienced. You should know this pain is unto death. No matter. Death’s arrival will be a relief, a...
by Pete Schipper | Mar 28, 2025 | Uncategorized, Via Maris Monthly
Abba Who Art in Heaven April 2025 Isaiah 64:8 Malachi 2:10 Matthew 6:9-10 Mark 14:36 The green eye on my phone winked, telling me my next appointment was here. The Robersons. Dean and Katie. Steadfast members of our church for as long as I’d been the...
by Pete Schipper | Feb 26, 2025 | Uncategorized, Via Maris Monthly
A Priest, A Rabbi And Two Ministers Walk Into a Coffee Bar 1 Corinthians 3.16 John 16.7 2 Corinthians 6.2 Deuteronomy 31.8 Nothing unusual at Dorothy’s Grounds For Discourse this morning, not yet. Usual string of regulars queued for their morning infusion...
by Pete Schipper | Feb 1, 2025 | Uncategorized, Via Maris Monthly
Zechariah February 2025 Luke 1:5-25 At their doorway, Zechariah and Elisheva stood side by side, her hand in his, taking in the view of the city. The words of the psalmist, almost by their own accord, fell from Zechariah’s lips. “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem …...