Thursday, September 27, 2022 was an labyrinth adventure day for me, and my third and final stop of the day was at Country Homes Christian Church, located at 8415 N Wall St in Spokane, WA 99208. I was pleasantly surprised to see a man ahead of me walking to the labyrinth. He wasn’t there very…
Tuesday, September 27, 2022 Wyakin Park was my second (semi) successful labyrinth walk of the day. It is located in a wooded nature area near 6701 N Assembly St. in Spokane, and was created by Friends of Wyakin Park. I arrived in mid-afternoon, around 3:15 pm. and I have to confess that it was less…
I’m departing from the format of my previous Therapy Thursday posts. In past TT posts, I shared some of the lessons I learned in therapy sessions with my awesome (former) therapist Ken. Sessions were full of unbiased perspective, thoughtful lessons in humility, and reminders of the importance of grace- for myself and others. All those…
Labyrinth location: The Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist; 127 East 12th, Spokane, Washington 99202 Date: September 27, 2022 around 2:20 p.m. This is my third attempt at a labyrinth walk today. The first one at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in 9 miles Falls, WA did not exist (I couldn’t even locate…
Today’s Therapy Thursday post is a departure from previous style posts. It doesn’t have the wisdom of Ken (my former therapist). Instead, I want to begin examining all the advice, counsel and guidance that is available to us in the world of self-help books. Did you know that over ten MILLION self-help books are purchased every…
I’m always disappointed when a church provides no information on their website about their labyrinth, its purpose or how to utilize it. Unfortunately, most of the labyrinths I have visited at churches have little or no signage or information about them. All Saints Episcopal Church, located at 1322 Kimball Ave, Richland, WA 99354, gets a…
For the last few weeks, I’ve had this recurrent theme regarding Identity bouncing around in my head. Of course, thinking about identity leads me to thinking about self-worth because the two go hand in hand. Our self-worth is determined by our identity, and we tend to base our identity on: our jobs/career, our relationships (partner/spouse,…
“I really like Matthew 5:16,” said Andrew, in response to my query about what my next Faith Focus should be. (This conversation happened back in December 2021, but hey, all good things in time, right?!) I quickly typed it into google to pull up the scripture. 16 In the same way, let your light shine…
A few hours after my walk in Gresham, Oregon, I found myself stopping in The Dalles, Oregon. The Dalles, which is located on the shores of the Columbia River near the Deschutes River, has a labyrinth at Mid Columbia Health Center. If I remember reading about this correctly, the labyrinth doubles as the hospital’s helipad…
September 2022. I felt like my life and my faith were in chaos, and getting worse, not better. I was just out there, winging it… wondering if everything I had believed in faith was just a misguided fantasy. There were a few good days, but mostly there were days where I was just faking it…
Sunday, September 25, 2022 found me in the Tigard/Beaverton/Portland area, hanging out with my second family (the Hipsher and Becker clans). While traveling between houses, I took a detour between their two households to stop at St. James Episcopal Church in Tigard so that I could walk the labyrinth there. Here is what I ‘heard’: …
6/12/2022 3332 N Meridian Ave OKC @ 2:20 pm In a previous post, I had indicated that the Rock Ridge labyrinth was the last one we explored before leaving OK & TX, but as I worked through my labyrinth list and wrote this post, I realized I was wrong (and edited that post). The United…
