Song: Take the Labyrinth Road

This is the premiere streamed performance of “Take the Labyrinth Road,” sung live at 11 AM HST on October 19, 2022. It was written for the Pastoral Leaders Retreat of the Hawai’i Conference, United Church of Christ, and first played during that event on October 12, 2022.

by Eric Anderson
October 7, 2022

C Dm F Em / C Dm C G / C F Dm G / C G F G / C – – –

Twisting, turning paths
from without to within
Over gravel, soil and roots.
Let the time begin
For a journey of the soul
from brokenness to whole…
ness in the Spirit,
Come take the labyrinth road.

The journey curves about
in the world, in the heart,
And the ground below is rough
or is smoothed by art.
Moving body, moving soul
from brokenness to whole…
ness in the Spirit,
Come take the labyrinth road.

No promises on the way
for insight or inspiration
Just a time to step away
for peaceful contemplation,
For a journey of the soul
from brokenness to whole…
ness in the Spirit,
Come take the labyrinth road.

© 2022 by Eric Anderson

3 thoughts on “Song: Take the Labyrinth Road

  1. This is beautiful! And what you say before about going instantly dry and needing to write something yourself is exactly what happens to me when someone asks me to bring a poem somewhere!

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