Blogging about Faith, Labyrinths, Mental Illness, and More

Reflections by Michael J. Scholtes, Author / Pastor / Speaker

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● Featured Article
  • Labyrinth #134: The Depths of Autumn

    For at least twenty years, I have enjoyed walking labyrinths. Labyrinths are maze-like structures that have been used as spiritual tools for centuries. For the past nine years, I’ve been walking labyrinths throughout the northeastern United States, and blogging about them. To learn more about labyrinths, check out this page…

● Latest Articles
  • Forty-Three

    Forty-Three

    The youngest person to become president of the United States was Teddy Roosevelt, who was a 42-year-old Vice-President when William McKinley was assassinated. But the…

  • Forty-Two

    Forty-Two

    Well, here we are. We all knew it would come to this. Science fiction fans have no doubt what I’m going to talk about here.…

  • Faith, Hope, and Money (Sermon)

    Faith, Hope, and Money (Sermon)

    This is an adapted form of the sermon I preached this morning, the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. We’re in the midst of our Stewardship Campaign,…

  • Forty-One

    Forty-One

    I haven’t written a blog post about myself at a particular age in a while, and I’m running out of time to do so. We’re…

● About Me

I’m Michael, the author of this blog. I search for meaning through walking labyrinths, through exploring my Christian faith and my experience of depression, through preaching, and through writing about it for you.