Tag Archives: Doubt

The Healing Power of Biblical Stories

By Robin Bates | Published: April 13, 2024

In her new book about Biblical healing stories, Hess uses the Gospel’s narrative richness to address issues of depression.

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The Stone Is Rolled–I’m Whole, I’m Held

By Robin Bates | Published: April 15, 2023

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Let Us Sail into the Promise of the Day

By Robin Bates | Published: October 12, 2019

E. A. Robinson’s “Children of the Night” finds spiritual hope in a dark world.

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A Vast Unfolding Design Lit by a Risen Sun

By Robin Bates | Published: April 8, 2018

Denise Levertov’s magnificent poem about Doubting Thomas graphically describes the doubts, making the final revelation all the more powerful.

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Caught between Faith and Doubt

By Robin Bates | Published: February 3, 2018

Rushdie has a great passage about a character caught between faith and doubt. The passage gives me an opportunity to determine where I myself stand.

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Let Me Not Love Thee If I Love Thee Not

By Robin Bates | Published: July 23, 2017

George Herbert, never afraid to go toe-to-toe with God, grapples with his tormenting faith in “Affliction (1).”

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Emily Dickinson’s “Smart Misery” of Doubt

By Robin Bates | Published: July 23, 2016

Emily Dickinson struggled with religious doubt all of her life. Because she desperately wanted to belief, some of her poems show her faith being tested.

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Trapped in Spiritual Crisis? Read Donne

By Robin Bates | Published: May 28, 2016

John Donne can come to the rescue of students who are in spiritual crisis.

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A Good Faith Is Hard To Find

By Robin Bates | Published: March 7, 2015

Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” is a profound meditation on doubt and faith.

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