Elizabeth Tarbox

The Rev. Elizabeth Tarbox (1944–1999) served congregations in Middleborough and Cohasset, Massachusetts. She is the author of Evening Tide: Meditations (Skinner House, 1998).

From Elizabeth Tarbox

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Spirit of Life, I give thanks for the opportunities to love that present themselves in the turmoil of life. Where the light catches the tears in another’s eyes, where hands are held and there are moments without words, let us be present then, and alive to the possibility of changing. Let us seek...

Meditation | By Elizabeth Tarbox | May 28, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Caring, Change, Compassion, Gratitude, Love, Presence, Relationships, Vulnerability, Wonder

It is an hour before sunrise. The waves keep coming, but each minute they make less progress than the minute before....

Meditation | By Elizabeth Tarbox | May 28, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Brokenness, Caring, Compassion, Direct Experience, Earth-Centered, Forgiveness, Guilt, Healing, Nature, Pain, Sadness, Vulnerability
An adult in rubber boots walks through swirling water.

Each day I am newly reminded of my unworthiness—a dozen thoughts misspoken; another day when the good I do falls short of the good that I could do; myriad small interchanges; moments of sharing that strain to the breaking point my desire to be generous, helpful, and kind; months of careful work...

Meditation | By Elizabeth Tarbox | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Body, Brokenness, Earth, Earth-Centered, Healing, Nature, Unitarian Universalism, Wholeness, Worth

Do not live too far in the past or the future. Live now. In each moment expect a miracle: ten kinds of birds at the feeder, and the tracks of a fox in the snow. Pick up a magnifying glass and scrutinize that crocus. See the pollen at the center of the daffodil, life's dust, death-defying life. Be...

Reading | By Elizabeth Tarbox | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Awe, Direct Experience, Listening, Nature, Presence, Wonder

I was working with a group of young people at a Safe Schools conference in Boston. They were discussing how to tell their parents they were gay or lesbian. Many of them had suffered harassment, brutality, and ostracism by their peers, and they worried about how to protect their parents from the...

Reading | By Elizabeth Tarbox | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Christianity, Family, Good Friday, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Unitarian Universalism

"Dukkha," they say. The Buddhists say, "All is dukkha." It is hard to translate, they tell us. It means literally "suffering" but the feeling of dukkha is closer to impermanence. The fact of impermanence is central to the Buddhist path to nirvana, enlightenment. Dukkha. All is impermanence....

Meditation | By Elizabeth Tarbox | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Buddhism, Change, Connections, Death, Letting Go, Presence, Unitarian Universalism
image of various quilt patterns with text overlay that reads "Tapestry of Faith Virtue Ethics"

Spirit of Life, I give thanks for the opportunities to love that present themselves in the turmoil of life. When the light catches the tears in another's eyes, where hands are held and there are moments without words, let us be present then, and alive to the possibility of changing....

Handout | By Elizabeth Tarbox | March 15, 2012 | For High School | From Virtue Ethics

Reprinted from Life Tides by permission of Sarah Tarbox. Copyright (C) 1993. Published by Skinner House Books, an imprint of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Hollow bones, streamlined feathers, and wings shaped to push aside the viscosity of air are not what make birds fly. Birds let go of...

Story | By Elizabeth Tarbox | October 27, 2011 | For Adults | From Spirit of Life
Tagged as: 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Animals, Awe, Beauty, Brokenness, Courage, Direct Experience, Fear, Freedom, Hope, Joy, Letting Go

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