Author Archives: donalddeanchambers

The hurricane turbulent, thundering, and turning our daily lives. The eye of the hurricane serene, soothing, and still. an invitation to enter. The hurricane dynamic  motion, movement, and mileage. the motion of life. The hurricane – a metaphor of prayer, a mysterious movement from without, within and without. The Spirit calls from the turbulence ToContinue reading “From Without to Within to Without – The Cycle of Prayer – Part Two”

I paid a visit to a nearby plant shop. My adolescent pommecythere (June plum or golden apple) plant was unmistakably sick, very sick, seemingly fighting a losing battle with a disease that my ignorant mind failed to fathom. After consultation, I purchased the recommended pesticide. The instruction was to mix it with water, spray theContinue reading “From Within and From Without – Part One”

There is conversation, conversation, and conversation. Recently, I observed a conversation between Youthful Exuberance and Experiential Wisdom. To what can I liken the conversation? It was like a tug-o-war game, both sides throwing their mental muscles to pull the other side over.  It was like a seesaw. When each side spoke the weight of theirContinue reading “Transformational Conversation”

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”