Barbara Rohde

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A person's hands and lower arms: the hands touch at the fingertips, palms separated, pointed upwards as if in prayer.

The Congregational minister stopped me in the aisle of the supermarket a few months after I had unexpectedly recovered from a serious illness. With a gentle but slightly teasing smile he asked me, “How does a Unitarian deal with a miracle?” It was a good question, one which I thought about a...

Meditation | By Barbara Rohde | October 19, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Awe, Body, Contemplation, Direct Experience, Good, Gratitude, Healing, Health, Wonder

During the hot Nebraska summers of my childhood, I spent hours, high in my treehouse, devouring the books I found in the small collection my parents had acquired from the estates of various relatives. One of my favorites was A Wonder Book, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s retelling of classical myths. My...

Reading | By Barbara Rohde | March 17, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Commitment, Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Interdependence, Nature, Responsibility, Unitarian Universalism, Climate Justice
Photo of a river rushing over rocks.

Of course truth is hard. It is a rock. Yet I do not think it will fall upon me And crush me. I do not think they can hammer it to bits And stone me. Help me place the rock in the strong current Of these rushing waters. I must climb upon it. I must know how truth feels....

Poetry | By Barbara Rohde | March 17, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Earth, Earth Day, Earth-Centered, Nature, Strength, Truth, Water Communion, Climate Justice

I wasn't flattered when one of my daughters confided that she had thought of me as "The Big There-There" when she was three years old. If I remember correctly, I was in the middle of a phase where I was hoping to reassure myself that I still had a fertile mind as well as a welcoming bosom. Now,...

Reading | By Barbara Rohde | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Caring

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