Summer of Stillness: Journey to the Prayer Labyrinth

Who needs to put the world on pause so they can reconnect with the peace of God. I know I do, especially with so much negativity in the world.

This summer Gethsemane AME Church and the Mental Health and Wellness Ministry are taking a moment to be intentional about putting the world on pause through our Summer of Stillness Series. Last month, we experienced a faith-based sound healing session. This month, we will Journey to the Prayer Labyrinth. Walking the Prayer Labyrinth is a spiritual discipline where the path is a symbol of the inward journey of prayer and pilgrimage toward God.

“A labyrinth is simply a place to walk and pray. There is nothing mystical about it. It gives you the freedom to walk around while focusing your mind on God – and not worry about getting lost. It contains a single walking path to the center and then back out again. It has many turns but, unlike mazes, does not have dead ends.” -From Grace.org

Candance Greene

Rev. Candance L. Greene is an ordained Itinerant Deacon in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She is the 2023-2024 Hooper-Keefe Preaching Award recipient. Chosen by the faculty at Fuller Theology Seminary, this award is given to students who have shown an outstanding giftedness in Homiletics (preaching).

Rev. Candance is a published writer, podcaster and the founder of Cherishedflight, a ministry dedicated to helping people realign with the peace of God. She has produced over 100 episodes of Cherishedflight the Podcast where she shares biblical steps her listeners can take to implement the peace of God in their lives on a daily basis.

Candance is a graduate of Paine College where she earned a BA in English, and Goucher College where she earned an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing. She has been published in a variety of anthologies, scholarly books, and journals including: Bittersweet: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Women’s Poetry; Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction; Fearless Confessions: A Writer’s Guide to Memoir; and the Huffington Post. A native of Nashville, Candance now resides in Baltimore with her husband and three children.