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...
by Pete Schipper | Nov 25, 2024 | Via Maris Monthly
Love One December 2024 1 John 3:1 ● Deuteronomy 5:7-10 A screeching ak-ak-ak sounded from the rocks. I looked up. Seagull, lots of wingflaps. Must have said something the other ones didn’t like. “Depression can get like that,” I said. “It can just grab you by the...
by Pete Schipper | Oct 30, 2024 | Via Maris Monthly
Cheeseburger Psalm October 2024Ephesians 3:16-19 We were having a late lunch at Phyllis’s coffee shop, a cheery place done up with yellow and white chintz tablecloths and framed covers from the Saturday Evening Post, the ones by Norman Rockwell of folks in diners and...
