Tag Archives: George Herbert

My Heart Was in My Knees, but No Hearing

By Robin Bates | Published: September 7, 2024

Herbert laments that sometimes, when he prays, his words don’t get through to God. And yet he finds peace in the end.

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By Robin Bates | Published: August 10, 2024

Art is one of the most powerful ways to engage with religious themes.

By Robin Bates | Published: June 29, 2024

In “When Fragments Make a Whole,” Lory Hess reflects poetically on Jesus’s healing stories and applies them to our lives.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 4, 2023

If you are a walker, read 17th century poet Thomas Traherne to deepen the experience.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 24, 2023

In which I explore why Robert Oppenheimer was drawn to 17th century metaphysical poetry.

By Robin Bates | Published: April 29, 2023

A bombed cathedral and a George Herbert hymn come to mind as I think of my eldest son, who died 23 years ago today.

By Robin Bates | Published: March 18, 2023

The 23rd Psalm is one of the great poems in the Hebrew Chronicles. It also inspired a fine George Herbert poem.

By Robin Bates | Published: June 18, 2022

For Father’s Day, here are a couple of God the father poems.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 2, 2021

In arguing for the humanities, this “American Scholar” article makes good points but dismisses some powerful arguments.