Reflections by Michael J. Scholtes, Author / Pastor / Speaker
An IndieReader Discovery Award Winner
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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…

When I was young, I had an eidetic (photographic) memory. This stopped around age 12, but prior to that, I was able to memorize just…

Two is a dangerous number. Here’s how it starts: One is the primary number, the first and foremost, the opposite of nothingness. One is everything, but…

Hold my breath as I wish for death Oh please, God, wake me — Metallica One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do —…

I had an excellent session with my therapist a few days ago. It had been way too long since I’d seen him — I had…

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.