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 the fifth part of a series about a trip I took to western New York, something of a pilgrimage, to find and walk…

This is the fourth part of a series about a trip I took to western New York, something of a pilgrimage, to find and walk…

In my last blog post, I shared the four labyrinths I walked this morning in the Buffalo, New York region. In the afternoon, I walked…

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.