by Pete Schipper | Aug 1, 2025 | Via Maris Monthly
Sons of Korah August 2025 Psalm 42 Chronicles 20:19 John 9:3 Mike Rathman carried the plates to the table. Mike’s last customers of the day waited for their meals. “Lessee, now, tuna on rye is for you, and yours is the Denver omelet.” Mike set the plates...
by Pete Schipper | Jun 30, 2025 | Via Maris Monthly
Anastasis July 2025 John 11:1-44 Hosea 13:14 2 Corinthians 4:14 So often in these waning years, my thoughts revisit that horrid day the Romans nailed my dearest of friends, Jesus, to the cross. He is gone now, returned to God, our Father in Heaven, blessed be his...
by Pete Schipper | May 30, 2025 | Latest Posts, 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 | Latest Posts, 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...
