Tag Archives: Jesus

Who Is the Third Always Beside You?

By Robin Bates | Published: May 4, 2014

Eliot’s reference to the Road to Emmaus story in “The Wasteland” may be sign of hope rather than despair.

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Tormented, Torn & Twisted with Doubt

By Robin Bates | Published: April 27, 2014

In Levertov’s poem on St. Thomas, she links his doubts with that of the father of the demon-possessed son who comes to Jesus.

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Chaucer’s Riff on the Woman at the Well

By Robin Bates | Published: March 23, 2014

Seen in the light of the Samaritan woman at the well, Chaucer’s Wife of Bath is one of Christ’s messengers.

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Who Has Seen the Wind?

By Robin Bates | Published: March 16, 2014

Christina Rossetti’s “Who Has Seen the Wind?” is about the Holy Spirit.

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To the Pure All Things Are Pure

By Robin Bates | Published: March 2, 2014

Edwin Muir’s beautiful poem about the transfiguration points the way to pure seeing for all of us.

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i put him all into my arms

By Robin Bates | Published: July 14, 2013

e. e. cummings’ “man who had fallen among thieves” brings the Good Samaritan parable uncomfortably close to home.

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Bread, the Universal Language

By Robin Bates | Published: August 5, 2012

Poet Linda Pastan, like Jesus, sees in bread a metaphor for spiritual transcendence.

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Christ’s Love for Hot Barley Bread

By Robin Bates | Published: July 29, 2012

Chaucer’s Wife of Bath may not be pure, but Jesus would appreciate her great heart.

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Father, Son, Holy Spirit – A Story for Each

By Robin Bates | Published: June 3, 2012

Can different members of the Holy Trinity be seen to shape different narratives?

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