Rev. Chris Rothbauer, Author at Rev. Chris Rothbauer

10 March 2023• byRev. Chris Rothbauer

Interviewed by MysticMag

I was honored to be interviewed this month by MysticMag about my philosophy on spiritual companioning and soul care. Read the interview here!...

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Spiritual Companioning

17 January 2023• byRev. Chris Rothbauer

Spiritual Companioning for the Spiritual but Not Religious

Traditional religious communities were transforming long before the pandemic, but the rise of COVID-19 to pandemic status accelerated the change in how many...

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Eco-Spirituality

1 September 2022• byRev. Chris Rothbauer

Developing Eco-Spiritual Humility

One of the most difficult lessons for me to learn as a seeker has been eco-spiritual humility. This is closely connected to human supremacy: the idea that the...

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12 May 2022• byRev. Chris Rothbauer

Towards a Unitarian Universalist Theology of Mental Health

During the month of May, I hear all the platitudes about mental health and “mental illness” that seem to be abundant in the midst of Mental Health...

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Spiritual Practice

31 January 2022• byRev. Chris Rothbauer

The Imbolc of Omicron and the Art of Renewal

This year, midwinter is arriving in the middle of the Omicron wave of COVID-19. Just as it seemed like things were getting to some sense of a new normal, my...

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Buddhism • Spiritual Practice

24 January 2022• byRev. Chris Rothbauer

Thich Nhat Hanh and the Democracy of Spiritual Practice

Thich Nhat Hanh was one of the first spiritual teachers I seriously engaged with in my adult life. The gentleness with which he reminded me that any activity...

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Community

17 January 2022• byRev. Chris Rothbauer

Community Means Showing Up–But Doing So Helpfully!

With cases of COVID-19 on the rise again due to the spread of the Omicron variant, a lot of people I know are staying home again when possible to try …...

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28 May 2020• byRev. Chris Rothbauer

Black Lives Matter, But Not Yet in America

Like many of you, I have been heartbroken over the last few weeks as news poured in about the continued denial of the inherent worth and dignity of Black...

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Community

25 March 2020• byRev. Chris Rothbauer

Despite it All

It’s really easy in the days ahead to be overwhelmed, to despair at the way the world is. Every day we see depressing examples of elected officials and...

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