Zacchaeus

by | Dec 31, 2025 | Latest Posts, Via Maris Monthly

Zacchaeus Luke 19:1-10   Before I unfold my story, I should tell you this:until I met Jesus, my life was a monument of resentment. A paean of anger. A tribute to bitterness. A waste. I can number many reasons for my woes, the most obvious of which is that I am an...

Revolutionary

by | Sep 1, 2025 | Latest Posts, Via Maris Monthly

Revolutionary September 2025 Ezekiel 11:19 ● Matthew 28:18-20   From the bow, the island looked the same as when he had left. Lush vegetation blanketed the mountains, squandered itself throughout the valleys then fell like capes across the seashore. Haze lifted...

Rock

by | 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...
Abba Who Art In Heaven

Abba Who Art In Heaven

by | 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...
Zechariah

Zechariah

by | Feb 1, 2025 | Latest Posts, 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 …...