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Easter Disguised
Today is Easter. For many Easter is a single day and for others it is a season, but either way Easter is not a date or a length of time -...

Michael Simmons
Apr 11, 20203 min read


Holy Saturday: God In The Fridge
Today is Holy Saturday. It is a forgotten day, an intermission to the action - Holy Saturday is what happens between death and new life....

Michael Simmons
Apr 10, 20202 min read


Good Friday: A Hero's Funeral?
It is Good Friday, and if you’ve heard one Good Friday sermon you’ve heard most of them - Jesus is beaten, crucified and buried, and this...

Michael Simmons
Apr 10, 20203 min read


Maundy Thursday: Being Seen
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing,...

Michael Simmons
Apr 9, 20202 min read


Palm Sunday: How Disappointing
(Disclaimer: This is probably an 8 minute read due to the scripture portions and historical context. Hang in there and be formed!) Also,...

Michael Simmons
Apr 5, 20206 min read


A Temptation To Overcome
The weight of this sad time we must obey Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. -William Shakespeare, King Lear We speak often...

Michael Simmons
Mar 26, 20203 min read


Lent Is Giving Us Up
Life is being stripped down and it is not over. Lent began this year on February 26th, and it will continue until April 9th, though in...

Michael Simmons
Mar 17, 20203 min read


A Rankling Word, A Gospel of Grief
I’m sitting on the floor of my living room where I always sit after I get back from a run. Running has been my contemplative practice of...
liz0958
Mar 2, 20203 min read


Deafening Silence
What is your relationship to silence? Silence has often been used against us. As a kid I remember telling my dad stories about my day...

Michael Simmons
Feb 16, 20203 min read


Befriending Our Emotions
Posted on Companioning Center Blog here. Emotions as Guides Our emotions serve as guides to our inner landscape, leading us toward paths...

Michael Simmons
Feb 3, 20204 min read


First Sunday of Advent: Keep Awake
Hear the word of the Lord. "But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For...

Michael Simmons
Dec 1, 20195 min read


Easter Sunday
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from...

Michael Simmons
Apr 21, 20192 min read


Holy Week: Holy Saturday
At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. Because it...

Michael Simmons
Apr 20, 20191 min read


Holy Week: Good Friday
Quick Note: The lectionary has us reading nearly two chapters today. I invite you to read it all but don’t get caught in the details. Let...

Michael Simmons
Apr 19, 201910 min read


Holy Week: Maundy Thursday
Consider this. Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the...

Michael Simmons
Apr 18, 20195 min read


Holy Week: Wednesday
Consider this. After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray...

Michael Simmons
Apr 17, 20193 min read


Holy Week: Tuesday
Consider this. Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. They came to Philip, who was from...

Michael Simmons
Apr 15, 20194 min read


Holy Week: Monday
Consider this. The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm...

Michael Simmons
Apr 14, 20193 min read


Holy Week: Palm Sunday
Consider this. “Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Here a...

Michael Simmons
Apr 13, 20193 min read


Lenten Series #6: Our Death
Today we pick up in Genesis 3:11-23: “And [God] said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded...

Michael Simmons
Apr 10, 20195 min read
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