Tag Archives: William Cowper

Beauty Breaks Like a Flash from Heaven

By Robin Bates | Published: April 9, 2016

William Cowper invokes St. Paul’s encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus to capture his sense of God in nature.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , | Comments closed

The Rising Floodwaters of Sadness

By Robin Bates | Published: August 20, 2013

My father is dying. One of his last acts was to find an A. A. Milne passage about Sewanee’s incessant rain for the local newspaper.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , | Comments closed

Oh! For a Closer Walk with God 


By Robin Bates | Published: June 10, 2012

William Cowper understands the depressed ache of emptiness, which intensifies his longing for the Holy Spirit.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , | Comments closed

The Choice: To Die or to Go on Caring

By Robin Bates | Published: April 29, 2010

Yesterday we buried a long-time friend, 98-year-old Maurine Holbert Hogaboom, a New York actress who had retired to southern Maryland.  Tomorrow we commemorate the tenth anniversary of the death of my oldest son Justin.  April, a month of new beginnings, has too often proved cruel as well. Nature often works ironically.  Justin, feeling joyous on a […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments closed

  • Sign up for my weekly newsletter

  • Buy Now
  • Learn More
  • Buy Now
  • Learn More