Blogging about Faith, Labyrinths, Mental Illness, and More
Reflections by Michael J. Scholtes, Author / Pastor / Speaker
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● Featured Article
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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…
● Latest Articles
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Advent Light Day 18: Holiness, Healing, Happy Accident
I attended a Ministerium breakfast meeting this morning. The Slate Belt Ministerium is a group of leaders, mostly clergy, from congregations all across the Slate…
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Advent Light Day 17: Waters Rage and Kids on Stage
After all the rain that fell Sunday night into Monday, I thought perhaps the Delaware River would be high. So I got in my car…
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Advent Light Day 16: Clean, Seen, Zoom Screen
When I woke up this morning, it was pouring – it had been raining heavily all night. Getting the kids on the school bus this…
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Have Yourself a Hopeful Little Christmas (Blue Christmas Sermon)
This is an adapted form of the sermon I preached at our congregation’s annual Blue Christmas service on Sunday, December 17, 2023. The reading I…
● 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.
