One day Travis Scholl discovered a labyrinth in his neighborhood. As he began to walk it, he found this ancient practice offered a much-needed path away from life's demands, allowing him to encounter God in quiet solitude.In this meditative guide, Travis Scholl takes readers on a journey:"The path is always new, because, as a spiritual discipline, the labyrinth is a tool for contemplation, for reflection, for prayer. Underneath the surface, walking the labyrinth is a profound exercise in listening, in active silence, in finding movement and rhythm in the stillnesses underneath and in between every day's noise. Walking the labyrinth is an exercise in finding the voice speaking in whispers underneath the whirlwind of sound."With no end, but only a center, labyrinths become a physical symbol of prayer and our journey with God. Each step unites faith and action as travelers take one step at a time, living each moment in trust and willingness to follow the course set before them.Providing a historical and modern context for this unique spiritual discipline, Scholl weaves his own journey through a labyrinth with the Gospel of Mark's telling of the twists and turns of Jesus' life, providing 40 reflections ideal for daily reading during Lent or any time of the year.

Travis Scholl is the managing editor for theological publications at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. He writes regularly for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on religion and culture and has published poems in Peregrine, Palimpsest, and Prospect. He holds an MDiv from Yale University Divinity School and is ordained in the LCMS. He is also the author of Living Lent: Daily Prayers for the Season. Scholl is currently a PhD candidate in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Missouri, Columbia; Scott Cairns is his advisor.Walter Wangerin, Jr. is the award-winning author of thirty-five books, including the best-selling The Book of God, the National Book Award-winning The Book of the Dun Cow, and, most recently, Letters from the Land of Cancer. Wangerin holds the Jochum Chair at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he teaches literature and creative writing, and is writer-in-residence.

Part 1: Before the Beginning
1. Entrance
2. In the Middle of Things
3. Wilderness
4. Work
Part 2: Christ, the Path
5. Threshold
6. Worship
7. Liminality
8. A Game
9. Rain
10. The Signs
Part 3: The Way of Love
11. Tree of Life
12. Seed
13. Children
14. In Peace
15. Passage
16. As Yet Untrodden
Part 4: Calling, by Name
17. Petals
18. The Sea
19. The Number Eleven
20. Between the Lines
21. Secret
22. Cross
Part 5: Practicing the Everyday
23. Transfigured
24. Facing Failure
25. Safe at Home
26. In Bloom
27. Child's Play
28. Marathon
Part 6: The Things We Keep and Leave Behind
29. Labor
30. The Path
31. Running Late
32. But Now I See
33. Heartbeat
34. Near and Not Far
Part 7: The Way of the Cross
35. Around and Around
36. To the West
37. A Memory
38. Anonymous
39. Silence
40. Exit
Part 8: After the End
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Ways to Walk a Labyrinth
Daily Scripture Readings Index