When I worked in Washington, DC, I worked about a block away from the Church of the Epiphany in NW. During my season there, I found a second church home. It was close enough to work to allow me to occasionally join a book study or Bible study or to worship during my lunch time.
It is also the first time I had ever walked a labyrinth. For me it was a very surprising experience. Their labyrinth is located right in the sanctuary. If you are not familiar it looks a bit like the mazes we would use as a child, but you walk it. It seemed odd to me to find such a thing in a church, but I was soon to discover there is something very holy, so set apart as one walks the labyrinth.
I imagine each person’s experience may be different. Mine has been intense, personal. I find it difficult to describe other than to commend the experience to you. Of course, these last couple of years, I haven’t had much opportunity to visit a labyrinth, so you can imagine my delight to see a “finger
labyrinth” during the online worship at Annual Conference this year.
I made a screenshot of it, which I will share following this article. Perhaps you will want
to print it and use it as an easy introduction to the use of a labyrinth. If you have opportunity to walk a labyrinth, a couple of relatively close ones I found online which appear to be open to the public are:
Maryland Hall, 801 Chase Street,
Annapolis, MD 21401 (410) 263-5544
The Art of the Labyrinth | Maryland Hall
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 8531 Riverside
Road, Alexandria, VA 22308
http://www.staidansepiscopal.com
I’d love to hear what your experiences with the labyrinth are or if you are aware of any closer to Faith.
Shalom, Pastor Peggy