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NATURE & ART

February 6, 2012 David Robinson

  Whenever I am out in nature and see a surplus of natural materials, such as stones, leaves, sticks, branches…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: A Collaboration with Nature, Andy Goldsworthy, essay, growth and decay, perception, river and tides

CONTEMPLATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY

October 31, 2011 David Robinson 1 Comment

YOU ARE INVITED:  3:oopm, Saturday, Nov. 5th, in Cannon Beach, Oregon, at the Coaster Theater, ONE DAY IN THE LIFE…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: contemplative photography, essay, pilgrimage, STAR TRAILS OVER HAYSTACK ROCK, Thomas Merton

PILGRIMAGE

October 17, 2011 David Robinson

Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. (1) I’ve been reading a book…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: emmaus, essay, ian bradley, in his steps, Lindisfarne, pilgrimage, Rome, santiago, Taize, via dolorosa

PEACE WILL FLOW INTO YOU

October 10, 2011 David Robinson

Three quotations from John Muir (1838-1914) the great Scottish naturalist, mountaineer: Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: essay, John Muir, PEACE WILL FLOW, SCRIPTURE OF THE MOUNTAINS, Yosemite

THE HEAVENS DECLARE

August 23, 2011 David Robinson

Ever since the Hubble Space Telescope was put into place in the Earth’s orbit in 1990, humans have drawn closer…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: brilliance of glory, draconids, essay, heavens declare, Hubble telescope, meteor showers, perseids, Psalm 19, shooting stars

WATCHING AND WAITING

August 15, 2011 David Robinson 2 Comments

On Monday mornings, I typically begin the day with a time of prayer in the Glenstal Book of Prayer. This…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: AUTHOR AND PERFECTER, CHICKADEES, essay, GLENSTAL BOOK OF PRAYER, PSALM 27, PSALM 5, WATCHING AND WAITING

TAKE FIVE

August 1, 2011 David Robinson

In 1959, the Dave Brubeck Quartet released Time Out, featuring jazz songs which experimented in use of alternative time signatures.…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: BRUBECK, chanting the Psalms, essay, selah, slow breath, song inside your soul, take five

CRACKS

July 25, 2011 David Robinson

Every day is filled with them. We face so many cracks in a day that we hardly even notice them…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: cracks, essay, Leonard Cohen, soul time, there is a crack in everything

FAMILY HOSPITALITY

June 20, 2011 David Robinson

Excerpt from THE BUSY FAMILY’S GUIDE TO SPIRITUALITY By David Robinson (New York: Crossroad Publishing Company, 2009), 165-166 Let mutual…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: all guests who present themselves, cathedral, entertain angels, essay, family hospitality, the busy family's guide to spirituality, welcomed as Christ

FIRST THOUGHTS

May 23, 2011 David Robinson

When Michelangelo began work on the Sistine Chapel, his first drawings were not on a ceiling but on scraps of…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: doodle, essay, first thoughts, Michelangelo, Primo pensieri, Ross king

BLUEPRINTS FOR FAMILY SPIRITUALITY

May 16, 2011 David Robinson

“I vividly recall, my first visit to a monastery in October 1986, and the deep sense of peace which came…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: blueprint, essay, family blueprint, family spirituality, regula, St. Benedict

THE MIRROR OF ETERNITY

May 9, 2011 David Robinson

Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! Place your heart in…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: Blessed Agnes of Prague, essay, hidden sweetness, Hospital of St. Francis, Poor Clares, St. Clare, the mirror of eternity

BOWING TWICE

February 28, 2011 David Robinson

Go to your local Benedictine Abbey as I did last week and you’ll observe an oddity. In the evening, monks…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: Ancient Paths, Benedictine, bowing twice, essay, magi, Matthew 2:11, monks

CONCRESCENCE

February 14, 2011 David Robinson

con·cres·cence (kən-krĕsˈəns): L concrescentia < concrescere, to grow together < com-,crescere, to grow. I consider that our present sufferings are…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: concrescence, essay, mount angel, romans 8:18-21

I WONDER AS I WANDER

December 14, 2010 David Robinson

I wonder as I wander out under the sky How Jesus the Savior did come for to dieFor poor on’ry…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: essay, I wonder as I wander, John Jacob Niles, poem, Socrates, Wordsworth

THE STREAMS OF GOD ARE FILLED

November 29, 2010 David Robinson

You care for the land and water it;  you enrich it abundantly.  The streams of God are filled with water …

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: abundance, Advent, essay, Olympic National Park, Psalm 65, streams of God, thanksgiving

THIS SITE IS RESTING

November 1, 2010 David Robinson 2 Comments

  In a society so often driven by productivity and profit, it may seem counter-intuitive to view resting as a…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: cassiope, essay, John Keats, John Muir, mellow fruitfulness, returning and rest, season of mists, white heather

CONSIDER THE RAVEN

September 27, 2010 David Robinson

Be not forgetful of prayer. Every time you pray, if your prayer is sincere, there will be new feeling and…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: ancient prayers, consider the ravens, essay, Father Zossima, luke 12.24

BOWING TWICE

September 15, 2010 David Robinson

At a retreat this past weekend at a nearby Benedictine Abbey I once again observed an oddity: in the evening,…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: ancient prayers, bowing twice, divine office, encounter God, essay, namaste

TAKE FIVE

September 6, 2010 David Robinson

In 1959, the Dave Brubeck Quartet released Time Out, featuring jazz songs which experimented in use of alternative time signatures.…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: Dave Brubeck, essay, selah, take five

CRACKS

August 30, 2010 David Robinson

Cracks. Every day is filled with them. We walk over so many cracks in a day that we hardly even…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: cracks, essay, fill in the cracks, gift, Leonard Cohen, that's how the light gets in, there is a crack in everything

WALKING ANCIENT PATHS

August 24, 2010 David Robinson

I invite you to come along ancient paths of spiritual formation. The Rule of St. Benedict, a guidebook for spiritual…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: Ancient Paths, Benedictine, essay, spiritual formation, the rule of st. benedict, Tolkien

WALKING AMONG STARS

August 16, 2010 David Robinson 2 Comments

The day had been very hot by coastal standards, with the thermometer well into the 90s under a cloudless sky.…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: elected silence, essay, Job, morning stars sang together, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, shine like stars, Song of Creation, walking among stars

BALANCE

August 3, 2010 David Robinson 1 Comment

Have you ever happened upon a wilderness lakeside or mountain stream and discovered human built stacks of stones? You’ve been…

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Posted in: Cannon Beach Log Filed under: balance, centering, essay, finding the center, step away, stone stacking

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  • Soul Mentoring
  • Ancient Paths
  • The Busy Family’s Guide to Spirituality
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Water Paths

The spiritual life flows like water paths in a mountain stream. Without a connection to clouds, to glaciers, to mountain springs, or to snowfield melt, a mountain stream dries up. When our spiritual life is unhealthy or empty, our life becomes like a dry stream bed devoid of water where very little grows. A spiritual life that is healthy and full experiences an unceasing flow of pure, refreshing water coming through our life from above, water that brings life and renewal in and out of seasons.

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Photo Credit

Special thanks to Thomas Robinson, Nature Photographer. Many of the images featured on WaterPaths are by this very talented professional nature photographer. Please visit Thomas Robinson’s online Nature Photo Gallery at www.zoomdak.com.

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