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From time to time, we receive comments from those who have experienced our Labyrinth. Some of those comments are posted here so that you may share in the experiences of others.

August 2007

All Saints Labyrinth Aug 13-15 2007

Here are three pictures of the Grace Labyrinth in our sanctuary. We had over 30 adults and children walk the labyrinth during our "Intergenerational Vacation Bible School". It was a lot of fun.

I apologize for not having rolled the labyrinth as tightly as I wanted. My excuse was that I didn't have much help and could not keep the material as tight as needed to get it "together". If you unroll the labyrinth but don't unfold it, the long dimension of the folded material is aligned with the entrance and exit of the labyrinth. I guess from that point you will have a 50/50 chance of unfolding it in the orientation you want.

Thanks again for letting us use the labyrinth. And it was good to see Edmond Harris, aka: Lee Etheridge. I'm sure he will be a Bishop some day.
God Bless...
David and Janet

June 2007

I want to share something with you....yesterday I called a lady, Sue, to invite her to a ho shed party on 7/2. Sue and her husband Chris have a pet sitting business on the beach and have taken care of our dogs three or four times. They are a lovely couple, warm and fuzzy, you just feel good about them right away. We've been wanting to get to know them better so I thought invite Sue to a ho shed party! I called and left a message for Sue and she called me back in a few hours. Chris had gotten the info all wrong, he got home first, heard the message, called Sue and said the party was last night, Typical guy, we both laughed. Anyway, after hanging up with Sue, Chris calls. He wanted to apologize for getting the details mixed up. He then said I might want to watch the Montel Williams show on 7/12, he was going to be on the show. I asked how that happened and what it was about. Well----it turns out----Chris spent 19 years in prison in Maryland and four years ago was exonerated by DNA with the help of Project Innocence. As you probably know it is an organization started by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld to clear innocent men wrongly convicted. I was completely overwhelmed by his story. Two life sentences for a double homicide! We talked for over an hour. Chris is now in the process of having his name legally cleared by the state of Maryland. He travels around the country talking to various groups of lawyers, judges and teenagers, telling his story, at the request of Project Innocence. At one of these speaking engagements his story came to the attention of a producer on the Montel show. Montel has now taken up Chris' cause and that's how he came to be on the show. So, I thought I'd share this with you -- his story is deeply moving. It is a story of the power of the human spirit in the face of hopelessness and also a story of true love and dedication, Sue and Chris. His last name is Conover, Chris and Sue Conover. I hope you can see the show on 7/12 and maybe some other Mystic Vision members would find it moving as well.

April 2007

What a meaningful thing to have the labyrinth for walking re the VA. Tech tragedy. I will be working; however, as I look out at the river I will think of you and others amid cedar trees and peace cranes and the labyrinth. Many of my experiences these days seem to be via memory as I just don't get lots of places. Currently I'm reading a novel set in a small village in England and I'm recalling visit to England in 1984. This is such a busy time at J. The Queen is due in a couple of weeks and then anniversary weekend. May the walking on the 22nd help in healing re this horrific event. I've been writing some re it, mostly my reactions to pictures on TV and in newspaper and the way the media really doesn't help in healing. It was so good to have this e-mail this morning telling about it and I will soon look at your cedar trees. I do love cedar trees and have written about them in the past. Must get going as a work day awaits.

Last night on our local news the residental life students and others at Drake were folding peace cranes as a part of the boxes they're sending to all the RL staff at VA Tech. Of course, I thought of you. Glad you are back safe. Thanks for your ministry.

March 2007

Thank you very much for the labyrinth experience on Saturday. You helped to make the weekend very special with this nice surprise for Jan's birthday. We both enjoyed walking the labyrinth in the garden overlooking the river with the wind blowing the trees and the labyrinth itself. It was a wonderful experience to meet you as well. Thank you for sharing it with us. I do hope you will enjoy the scones; it sounds like they might find their way to a birthday celebration as well. : )

I wonder if the labyrinth would be available for walking this weekend? I’ll be traveling to Williamsburg and will probably come to Yorktown as well. I will be traveling with one friend, so there will be two adults altogether. Is it in the restored Yorktown, VA area, near the waterfront? I see from the world-wide labyrinth society that it’s on 111 Church Street, Yorktown, VA, but it has a PO box, which makes me wonder about the location.

Thanks so much

February, 2007

Hi. St. Andrew’s Norfolk has a wonderful priest, Charles Joy. His son and our best friends daughter Alison’s are married..Please say hello from Muff and Jane and Ann! They have a magnificent Flower show (their fund raiser) in December. St. A will love the Labyrinth experience.

January, 2007

Since I'm working 2 jobs now, my off time is very limited. Thanks so much for sending these updates about "life fulfillment" events...they keep me energized even if I can't participate physically. This is an awesome group of women and I'm so thankful that I can sometimes be in the midst of them.

Looking forward to Sacred Circles weekend:)

It's almost 6 pm and I have been with the Labyrinth since Noon. I was deeply touched simply by my observations of the 65+ people who walked the Labyrinth today - most of whom did it for the first time.

All kinds of experiences - lots of insights shared. I concluded the day by walking it myself after the event was closed. I later got 4 teen-age girls I am working with and let them walk it - one of whom I walked with. My heart is full.

December, 2006

It was wonderful!

Very powerful experience for the children!

We had the children walk it first with the older teens standing "vigil" around the labyrinth. The children walked it more quickly than I would have hoped, but that was OK. The teens then walked it with the children sitting around the labyrinth singing. The teens modeled a quiet, reflective way to walk the labyrinth. Afterward we talked to the two groups and had them describe the differences in the way it was walked each time. The children really wanted to walk it again in a more quiet and reflective manner but we were low on time. So, we walked into the labyrinth and met up in the center and had a prayer to dismiss from the center. That worked great!!

The staff experience was wonderful!

Thank you so much!!

The Advent event at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury in Irvington on Dec. 5th was another growth spurt! We had 15 this time; one with oxygen on a cart, and one with cane. Everyone seemed to take more time -- stopping to be still at turns as well as in the center. I count in order to share the growth of this practice here at RW-C. For instance, the Director of the Health Center made/took time to walk this visit, as did two staff members, one from Marketing. I am so pleased that the use of this marvelous tool is becoming more familiar.

Thanks so much for the use of the labyrinth early in December at Good Shepherd. As I told you on the phone, we didn't get as much use as we hoped, but those who used it were spiritually blessed by the space, the focus and the time spent walking and praying was well worth it. It was especially wonderful to see the children walk through with youth helping.

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