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

Does every elementary school have its resident “whiz kid”? The kid who always knows all the answers, always gets placed in the advanced programs, always…

Thirty-two degrees. That’s the freezing point of water. Well, in the United States, anyway. This map shows all the countries, in red, that have not yet…

So…Baskin-Robbins has Thirty-One flavors of ice cream, right? Well, let’s see if I can name them. I’m going to try to list 31 ice cream flavors.…

Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November. And once, in Sweden, February. In 1712, Sweden had a day called February 30. It all has to do…

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.