Author Archives: donalddeanchambers

Arms are created to embrace, enfold and envelop. When we embrace, enfold and envelop, we provide safety, safekeeping and security. When we embrace, enfold and envelop, we provide the warmth of love radiating from bodily heat. When we embrace, enfold and envelop, hearts race to pump extra blood supply to give life. When we embrace,Continue reading “Embrace, Enfold, Envelop”

Sometimes, I am like an unwise bee. As I fly around the world, exposed to a variety of colourful flowering plants, I don’t spend time carefully evaluating and testing those with real nectar. I dart speedily to the most attractive and appealing ones, only to discover it’s not a friendly flowering plant but a VenusContinue reading “Venus Flytrap”

What is truth? Truth is like the raw nakedness of nature. Like a bee hopping from flower to flower without clothing, Like the expanse of grass spreading out in freedom, Like birds with open wings riding the wind, Like fish swimming purposefully in the vast free ocean. Truth is the raw, inner, unadulterated essence ofContinue reading “Truth”

Western pilgrims with Western mindset Western behaviour Western perspectives Western prejudices Western ignorance. What is Western about our Western view of life? We wear “I feel sorry for you” clothing. We misinterpret simplicity for poverty. Western tourists with a Western mindset. We drove into the Judean desert and saw the spectacular sight of St. George’sContinue reading “Bedouin Story”

Tribute to five Catholic Religious Women Leaders in Secondary School Education in Jamaica. There is a house, a house on a hill. There is a house on a hill, a house encompassing several radiantly lit rooms. There is a house on a hill, each lit room represents faith in action. There is a house onContinue reading ““A House on a Hill””

Loyola Marymount University, LMU. Loving, Merciful and Universally Inclusive space, LMU. With periscopic eyes and cat’s ears Listening, Moving through this Universally Inclusive graduation space. A space originated in Eurocentric Historical Cultural Religiosity. Yet, embarking on a journey towards listening, diversity, and inclusivity. A Latino graduation space. A Kente graduation space. An LGBQT+ graduation space.Continue reading “Loving, Merciful and Universally Inclusive -LMU”

At the end of the Stations of the Cross with the Living Water Community through the streets of downtown Port of Spain, Trinidad, a congregant, jokily asked me, “Father, did you manage to pray?”  This was a jab at my blog entitled “I Couldn’t Pray”, reflecting on my pilgrimage to the Holy Land. In responseContinue reading “Stations of the Cross”