by Pete Schipper | May 30, 2024 | Via Maris Monthly
Barbershop DuetJune 20241 Peter 3:15 Squinting against the rain, his thoughts anywhere but where he was going, Roger Berlingson caught the red and white candycane out of the corner of his eye just in time to avoid whacking it with his head. Good thing it was there. If...
by Pete Schipper | Apr 28, 2024 | Via Maris Monthly
Matthew 5.38-39 Romans 1:17-19 Six o’clock Saturday morning, T. Tom awoke just as he did every Saturday morning. He was ten years of age and everyone called him T. Tom, his dad, his grandparents, aunts and uncles, even his friends. Everyone except mother, Maggie...
by Pete Schipper | Apr 1, 2024 | Articles & Essays
John 1.5 | John 8.12 | 1 John 1.7 “Remember in the Bible where Jesus saw Nathanael, when he said, ‘Behold, here is an Israelite in whom there is no guile?” “Um, at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry? Yeah.” “Well, that’s what I thought about Chris first time I met him....
by Pete Schipper | Apr 1, 2024 | Via Maris Monthly
Luke 2 The house was spare, but clean and warm, and as I entered, she welcomed me with grace. Her loving smile spoke the words of her heart. Mary beckoned me to a table, one of rough-hewn edge and finely finished top. Strong and sturdy, it was a table of substance and...
by Pete Schipper | Feb 29, 2024 | Via Maris Monthly
White Hat Matthew 28:19-20 As if the whap-whap of the windshield wipers wasn’t enough to drive him nuts, the squint-eyed headlights that made short, wrinkled stabs into the night just made it worse. “Lord,” he said, “gimme a break. Been driving for six hours....
