Tag Archives: Paradise

Great Trees, Apostles of the Living Light

By Robin Bates | Published: February 14, 2026

In his book on the Transfiguration, John Gatta notes that Christ showed the God is present in all creation, not in the human part of it.

By Robin Bates | Published: January 30, 2023

Toni Morrison’s “Paradise” helps explain why Black policemen would carry out the horrific killing of Tyre Nichols.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 4, 2021

Hummingbirds are simultaneously beautiful and terrifying, as D. H. Lawrence points out.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 13, 2021

Some Christian see a clash between sex and love. Dante and Milton found ways to reconcile them.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 31, 2016

The rage against Hillary Clinton is probably the result of primal male fears. Toni Morrison captures such male fear and rage in her novel “Paradise.”