The Labyrinth of Life

For most of the day on Sunday, the high school kids who make up my Student Leadership Team (SALT) here at church, turned our downstairs classrooms into a labyrinth, based loosely on Group Publishing's The Prayer Path. We'll be leaving it up throughout Holy Week so that anyone here at church can come by for an hour (or two) and experience the multi-sensory stations, listen to the pre-recorded meditations and instructions, and hopefully, connect with God in a personal and meaningful way. As Brother Lawrence suggests, to simply "practice the presence" of God.

I was really struck by how "into it" my kids got on Sunday as they created the labyrinth. They really wanted the labyrinth to look and feel right. Even when I left for a couple of hours to take my three little girls to a magic show sponsored by the local Jaycees (magic shows by magicians who reside a ways down the magician food chain...a whole other blog waiting to be written...), they remained focused and grasped the concept that they were hosting this event for the larger church. I'm proud of them, and reminded again of just how little age has to do with faith or spiritual maturity for that matter.

But the coolest thing of all, was that when I opened the doors on the labyrinth on Monday morning, who was the first one to come over to church and experience it? One of our oldest members. She came over, spent an hour and a half or so, and then signed the visitor's book with a note of just how much she appreciated the opportunity and the help the labyrinth provided her prayers that morning. Very cool. Our high school kids serving our most senior of citizens. Our most senior of citizens passionate enough about her faith to come and try something new. Very cool all the way around.

Faith that comes with age. Age that comes with faith. Beautiful witnesses both.