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By: Barry J. Robinson

A Seagull Named Papa

Pages: 254 Ratings: 5.0
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A Seagull Named Papa is a gentle but powerful exploration of those aspects of our experience that invite and sometimes challenge us to develop such necessary human qualities as courage, compassion, tolerance, humility, patience, defiance, contrition and perseverance.


Get ready to laugh, cry and wonder at the deeply healing experiences of a violent ex-convict who is healed by a simple invitation; an eight-year old girl trying to recover from school-yard name-calling; a bullying supervisor stopped in his tracks; an eighty-seven year old woman who never got to say goodbye to her long-lost papa; and married therapists fortuitously visited by a clown.


Exploring such themes as humility, non-violent resistance, holding in sin, tolerance, poverty, redemption, contrition, the challenge of mercy, facing your inner demons and repairing the world, Barry Robinson invites you to listen for that insistent call that is there at the very heart of your life urging you to be who you really are.


This is an inspiring, fascinating and immersive read that will change the way you see yourself and the world.

A Seagull Named Papa is a gentle but powerful exploration of those aspects of our experience that invite and sometimes challenge us to develop such qualities as courage, compassion, tolerance, humility, patience, defiance and perseverance. Using compelling illustrations from traditional tales, classic literature, scripture, psychology, film, history and his own personal and professional life, Barry Robinson relies on the ancient wisdom of storytelling in a manner, not unlike the shanachie of his Irish ancestors. You will be invited to laugh, cry and wonder at the profoundly moving experiences of a violent ex-convict who is healed by a simple invitation, an eight-year-old girl with freckles trying to recover from school-yard name-calling, a bullying supervisor stopped in his tracks, an eighty-seven-year-old woman who never got to say goodbye to her long-lost papa, and married therapists fortuitously visited by a clown.Drawing from many years of experience in caring for others, Barry invites you to explore your own journey toward wholeness and dignity. At the heart of this book is the author’s belief that we are “visited” by our “essential self” throughout our lives. The person we were meant to be, who was there in the very beginning, an essence that calls us to be who we really are. “If we take the risk of growing down, we may just find, indeed – I believe that we will ultimately find – that there are forces in the universe, both above us and beneath us that mean us well…beneath the very heart of things…there is a grace that means to make wonders of us in the end.”
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  • Tim Gilmor Ph.D

    What you are going to experience reading this gem is a gift from a very seasoned, insightful, astute humanist - Barry Robinson. It's a "storied" journey by a master storyteller and remarkably perceptive observer of the human condition. You will find yourself immediately engaged, delightfully captivated, and quickly immersed in the wisdom of Barry's observations, analyses, and teachings. He weaves together a tapestry of enduring truths into a central theme - growing down. It is compelling and profound and it will touch you deeply.

  • Terry Samuel

    This is no ordinary anthology of short stories. It encompasses both spiritual and secular themes by drawing on eclectic references to both realms. Robinson's experienced, professional approach accompanies an immense heart that will evoke in the reader laughter or tears, or simply a thoughtful pause for reflection. These compelling stories may, like all good stories, call up narratives of your own that resonate. And that resonance will whisper new and healing secrets that promise to awaken and renew your own life journey.

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