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Commentary on John Wesley

A wonderful introduction to John Wesley: July 16, 2009 episode of Across the Pond, a podcast by Tony Campolo, noted evangelist, author, and professor emeritus at Eastern University, a production of the United Kingdom’s Premier Radio Network.

Listen to it HERE or right click & download it.

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Thursday is Our Day!
Starting at 6:30
-Free Dinner
-Worship
-Music
-Fellowship
-Bible Study
-Games
-Discussion

Dinner & Worship every Thursday, everything else depends on you!

Every 1st Thursday we have family dinner and celebrate Communion.

The Next Big Thing

Our Labyrinth is back
Available 24 hours a day

It was our most moving celebration last fall and it's open to all.

There is a traditional seven-circuit labyrinth in the open lot on the northwest corner of Arthur & Keith.

Pray, meditate, or just quiet your mind and carry a small stone to the center.

Click here for more information on the Labyrinth tradition.

A Brief History of Labyrinths

The Labyrinth is very nearly a universal symbol. We see it in Native and Meso American, Mediterranean, African, Chinese, Indian, and Southeast Asian cultures. It holds many meanings, but it always represents a mystery. In the ancient Americas, it was the home of the winds or the birthplace of the first peoples. In Asia, it represents the divine mountain. Most famously in ancient Greece, the Labyrinth was a pit, a maze underground that was equal parts prison and temple to the part-god, part-human, part-animal Minotaur.

The earliest Labyrinth in a Christian context was found in a third century monastery in North Africa. As Christianity moved from being the persecuted religion to a dominant culture, Labyrinths grew with the faith born in Jerusalem. When Christians built the greatest of cathedrals, they placed Labyrinths...on walls, in mosaics, on windows. They were known as a model of the journey to Jerusalem. From monasteries to cathedrals, Christians walked, traced, or imagined circles. They thought of the long journey to Jerusalem and the long journey of the soul to God.

And they prayed.

Over the past few decades, Christians have rediscovered this model of mystery, and we too pray as we walk in circles.

Walking the Labyrinth

As there is only one path through our life from birth to death, so there is only one path through the Labyrinth.

Walking the Labyrinth is an exercise in prayer and meditation. Before you begin, quiet your mind. You can focus on an issue, concern, or decision that has been on your mind, or you can simply clear your mind and walk in silence; walk with the Spirit.

If it will help, pick up a stone, carry it with you as you walk, and leave it in the center.

Take your time walking the Labyrinth. Walk as slowly as you feel led; pause as seems fit along the twisting path that moves you nearer to and farther from the center, your destination.

When you arrive as the center: sit, kneel, or just stand quietly. Let the thoughts from your journey wash over you. Leave the stone, or leave your worries, pains, and fears.

Finally, when you have lingered long enough, you may walk straight out, or follow the path back out as you followed it in. Either way, leave refreshed knowing that you have met yourself at the center of the Labyrinth, and that in that place - as it is with everywhere you go - you are not alone.

An Invitation

The Labyrinth at the Wesley House is open to all.

We invite ALL to share in the blessing you can find on the path of the Labyrinth.