{"id":4496,"date":"2011-01-27T09:55:28","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T16:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=4496"},"modified":"2011-01-27T09:55:28","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T16:55:28","slug":"what-is-a-prayer-labyrinth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/what-is-a-prayer-labyrinth\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Prayer Labyrinth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4498\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4498\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/labyrinths200904cux1200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4498\" title=\"labyrinths200904cux1200\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/labyrinths200904cux1200-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/labyrinths200904cux1200-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/labyrinths200904cux1200-350x223.jpg 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/labyrinths200904cux1200-1024x651.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/labyrinths200904cux1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flower Labyrinth at Cornell University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Self Examination. (Also called <strong>Examen: a formal examination of the soul or conscience by cooperating with the Holy Spirit.<\/strong>) This is, to me, one of the most powerful and compelling reasons to use a labyrinth along with the practice of prayer. It propels us to a sacred place (in the heart) take pause, reflect, and hear from the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been used and enjoyed in Christianity for many hundreds of years.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/342yNELijso\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you even remember what your New Years resolution was? By now, if you made a New Year&#8217;s resolution, the chances are that you, and <strong>more<\/strong> than half of the people who made them, have failed to keep it. The New Year provides us with a natural time of self-reflection, and plenty of us decide to do things differently. It&#8217;s time for a &#8220;do-over&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This<\/strong> can be a good time of the year to <em>re-reflect<\/em>, now that the thrill of getting the New Year on the right foot has sort of washed up on the shores of \u00a0your life&#8230;like&#8230;.um..like a corpse, right?<\/p>\n<p>I found this article helpful:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ezinearticles.com\/?How-Christians-Can-Use-a-Labyrinth-For-Self-Examination&amp;id=1941002\">How to use a labyrinth. (by Katherine Harms)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can make a labyrinth for yourself, or your group, out of snow, masking tape, sand, bricks, stones, and string, among other things.<\/p>\n<p>To visit a <strong>permanent<\/strong> labyrinth, near you, take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/labyrinthlocator.com\">this site<\/a> which is a world wide directory to find one.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget this most important point: At the <strong>center<\/strong> of the Prayer Labyrinth, we are confronted, inescapably with the work of Christ. We must attend to the spiritual magnitude of the cross, and its tangible impact on the whole of our lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4541\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adventolathe.net\/meditation-garden\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4541\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Labyrinth-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Labyrinth-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Labyrinth-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Labyrinth-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Labyrinth-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Labyrinth.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The outdoor Labyrinth of Advent Lutheran Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I hope you would like to spend an hour or a day in prayer with God, or gather with your family, or a few friends and travel to a labyrinth for a time of worship, prayer, Scripture reading, and self-examination with our faithful guide, the Holy Spirit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I challenge <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">you<\/span> to include a prayer labyrinth soon in your spiritual practice, and literally <em>walk with God<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to make your own? How to draw your own prayer labyrinth, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AMFLQFvBcJU&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you have used a prayer labyrinth? If so, what was your experience. If not, would you like to? 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