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…

This is one in a series of posts about my recent interest in the “Enneagram of Personality,” and how Type Four is a perfect fit…

This is an adapted form of the sermon I preached Sunday, July 23, 2023. The gospel reading was Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43. You can view a…

This is one in a series of posts about my recent interest in the “Enneagram of Personality,” and how Type Four is a perfect fit…

This is one in a series of posts about my recent interest in the “Enneagram of Personality,” and how Type Four is a perfect fit…

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.