Labyrinth at the Center for Christian Spirituality at Chapelwood UMC

At Chapelwood United Methodist Church in Houston, the Center for Christian Spirituality keeps a permanent outdoor labyrinth as the center's walking practice, walked in programs and open at church hours. The Labyrinth Locator's record lists it as a Medieval 7-circuit path; installed December 2023.

Every labyrinth is a walking practice, not a puzzle: a single path winds to a center and back out, and the walk is done slowly, as prayer or meditation. The pattern descends from the medieval pavement labyrinth at Chartres, and the modern urban revival began in the 1990s when Lauren Artress brought replicas of that path to American congregations and public grounds through Veriditas and the Labyrinth Society, whose World-Wide Labyrinth Locator now catalogs thousands. There is no branching and no trick to the path; walkers of every religion and none use it.

Visiting

thecenterfcs.org carries the site's own information and schedule.