Author Archives: donalddeanchambers

Like mothers giving birth from pain and suffering,Like seeds birthing new life from the dark, dirty, deep soil,Like volcanoes forming agriculturally rich islands from dusty violent eruptions,Like butterflies flying in freedom from the imprisoned spaces of cocoons,Like light emerging from darkness,The resurrection of wisdom emerges from the imprisoned tombs of our suffering.

I find myself captivated in the theatre of creation, where God takes centre stage, performing divine acts of creation and redemption. The audience, created by God, is meant to gaze intently upon God’s magnificent work. Yet, I cannot help but notice my human ego as a disruptive force within this audience. Instead of focusing onContinue reading “The God of Centre Stage”

Alone at birth, Alone at burial.Born alone into the worldwithout biological parents.Yet, parented by God’s gift, adopted parents.Born alone, my childrenwithout biological fathers.Yet, fathered by many.Arrived at deathalone in a cemeterywithout parents, spouse, or children.Yet, embraced eternally by the heavenly Father.

I plan, project, and predict.I forecast, foretell, and foreshadow.I calculate, conjecture, and contemplate.Yet, carrying the cross of the unknown…How will this plan, project or prediction evolve?How will this forecast, foretelling and foreshadowing emerge?How will this calculation, conjecture, and contemplation become real?I don’t know!What I know is that I carry the cross of the unknown.The unknownContinue reading “Cross of the Unknown”

Creation possesses a divine intentional destiny.Coral reefs provide life-giving food and safety,limestone rocks secure housing,coral sands carpeted beaches,colourful shells, a safe space for growing conch.In the inner, dark, safe space of safe shellsconchs transform and growon the warm floor of the “Shallow seas” (Baja mar) of The Bahamas.Inner spaces affirmingchallengingwelcomingescalating conchs’ journey to divine destiny.Continue reading “Safe Space for Transformation”

Surfaces, Appearances,Covers,Outsides,These are only a start.They areAttractive,Beautiful,Alluring,Enticing, Yet, unsatisfying.We adoreSurfaces,Appearances,Covers,Outsides,Only for brief moments.We are created with a restless drive to move past surfaces,to explore beyond the appearances,to flip cover pages,to journey beyond the outside.What if there’sanaemic substance beyond surfaces,appearances,covers, andoutside?Weabandon,move on,change,continue searching. Sometimes we hold fast,stay,cling,possess,hoping to find nectar in attractive flowers,but there’s none, absolutelyContinue reading “Journeying Beyond”

Vulnerability is a “clothes-less” newborn -helplessfragileat risktransparentfeeblenakedhonestinnocent weak. (Let us pray for the vulnerable unborn and the aged.)Like a flowering plant, clothing protectsenhancesaffirmscelebratespromotesvalues covers nakedness.(Let’s pray for the newborn and the sick.)Sometimes, Clothing ensues because we are afraid, afraid ofmisperceptionmisunderstandingabusemanipulationmistreatmentexclusion. (Let’s pray for abused children, migrants, and those physically or mentally challenged.)Other times,We forcefully de-clothe,Continue reading “Vulnerability”

Like shifting sand grains,sometimes violently,other times gently,lifted, swirled and depositedby waves of circumstances,life is restless, reckless, and restive.From conception,life is unstill, unstable, unpredictable,constantly moving from space to space,like nomadic desert travellersresting only at nights.There’s the shifting sand of birth,family dynamics,friendships,growth,community,nature,ageing,emotions,politics,religion,thoughts…triggering frustrations, tiredness, and vulnerability. But wait!Sand grains perennially hold hands,forming beaches upon whichbeachgoers chill,crabs makeContinue reading “Shifting Sands”