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 …...
by Pete Schipper | Dec 29, 2024 | Via Maris Monthly
River of Life January 2025 Revelation 22:1; Ezekiel 11:19 “Victor Varon died.” “Oh? What a sad, tragic man. Does Delphine know?” “There’s no indication here. I suppose she knows. I doubt many will miss him. Poor Victor, he was difficult to like.” Amari and I...
