Monthly Archives: April 2022

Join in the Joyful Symphony

By Robin Bates | Published: April 9, 2022

Two Palm Sunday poems, by Lucille Clifton and Henry Vaughan, emphasize the vegetation imagery.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments closed

Kiss the Earth with Your Feet

By Robin Bates | Published: April 7, 2022

This Thich Nhat Hahn poem can be used to simultaneously celebrate Buddha’s birthday and National All Is Ours Day, both April 8 holidays.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Comments closed

“Othello’s” Toxic Relationships

By Robin Bates | Published: April 6, 2022

“Othello” continues to raise urgent questions that we’ve got to grapple with.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Comments closed

Read “12th Night” for Relationship Advice

By Robin Bates | Published: April 5, 2022

In their essays on “Twelfth Night,” my students showed they are hungry for authentic relationships.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Comments closed

Putin Is Giving War a Bad Name

By Robin Bates | Published: April 4, 2022

Some who support fascists would prefer that they stay clean. Brecht has something to say about them.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | Comments closed

Brecht: Don’t Become Numb to Suffering

By Robin Bates | Published: April 3, 2022

Brecht warns against becoming numb to the world’s horrors.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments closed

Jesus: Choose Life, Not Death

By Robin Bates | Published: April 3, 2022

Spiritual Sunday Reprinted from March, 2016 I’ve long been puzzled by today’s Gospel reading in which Mary anoints Jesus’s feet with costly perfume, only to be chastised by Judas for wastefulness. There’s something sensual about her wiping the feet with her hair, but what role does the episode play in Jesus’s journey? Mary took a […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments closed