Author Archives: donalddeanchambers

Sitting in silence, I breathed soothingly in and out, An invisible, yet life giving element  Air. Where does it belong? It expands my lungs. It gifts my blood with oxygen. It escapes my lungs. It returns to the wide expanse of the universe. Where does it belong? It blows down mammoth structures. It cools sweatingContinue reading “Belonging”

Conversation, Conversation, Conversation. What a delight to be engaged in heart-warming, uplifting and challenging conversations! Two friends and I spent a weekend like three peas in a pod. A pod that enclosed us in fraternal, spiritual and theological intimacy. As an introverted listener, it was both a delight and a challenge to play the listeningContinue reading “Conversation, Conversation, Conversation”

I finished reading a piercing insight from Matthew Kelly, “I hope you are on your way to believing that you can be healed and become more beautiful and more loveable than ever before.” As I steadily lifted my head from my iPhone resting on a table, my eyes became trapped, like a mouse in aContinue reading “Coconut Tree”

Two occurrences this week trigger my thought process.  A movie. An adolescent discovers his same sex attraction. He hides it.  He communicates and shares his struggles online with an unknown male. He tells his close male and female friends. All accept him.  One rejects him. On his personal computer his mother discovers the online conversations.Continue reading “Realistic Expectations”

Every . . .  . . . human person, . . . family, . . . organization, association, community, . . . neighbourhood, . . . society, . . . nation, . . . religion, . . . ethnic group, . . . tribe, has stories, stories to tell. Stories encapsulate significant and insignificant experiences,Continue reading “Stories”

One day three Ph.D. theologians – Anna, Adanna and Don travelled from Port of Spain to Couva, central Trinidad, to spend quality time with Gloria Bertrand – a non-Ph.D. theologian, yet a professor of theology. This was a spur-of-the-moment visit to the University of Gloria Bertrand. Yet, the professor willingly and graciously opened the lectureContinue reading “Professor Gloria”

Inspired words from whom?  Ras Jabulani Tafari, author, multi-media journalist, graphic artist and managing editor of the Rootz Reggae & Kulcha Magazine. On what occasion? Virtual Forum (May 22, 2022) organized by Conference of Theology in the Caribbean Today (CTCT) entitled, “Walking Together: Stories from the Margins.” What’s the aim of the virtual forum? “InspiredContinue reading “We must learn how to walk without fear”

This Land of WOOD–We viciously tear it apart.We viciously tear people apart with unbridled tribalism and capitalism.We cut down its trees with machete and bulldozer.We cut down each other with words, knives, and guns.We recklessly burn its forests.We recklessly burn each other’s reputation and dignity.We stifle its trees with our carbon monoxide.We stifle our people’sContinue reading “This land of wood and water – Xaymaca (Jamaica)”

Dumbstruck I watched a YouTube documentary. Story of a 19-year-old male, Afflicted from birth with EB (Epidermolysis bullosa)  – “a group of connective tissue disorder that causes skin to be fragile and blister and tear easily. Blisters and sores occur when clothing rubs on the skin or when the skin is bumped.” He lays motionlessContinue reading “Grace and Suffering”

Have you ever gone on a hike in the mountains? The journey consists of alternate phases of almost vertical and horizontal movements upward climbs and plateau walks. Upward climbs require effort, energy, and enthusiasm. Plateau walks are a pause in the musical composition, a betwixt and between requiring less effort, energy, and enthusiasm. It’s regrouping,Continue reading “Change”