Day after day, I raptly gaze at my growing Noni tree. Starting from a tiny shoot, and now a full-blown tree, gifting, not just to itself, but to the garden community, and the environment. As roots traverse deeper and deeper into the soil, absorbing rich nutrients, invisibly transporting them up the trunks, quietly producing branches,Continue reading “Personal, Communal and Human Growth”
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Step to Humility
Mango, Mango, Mango all over the place. Summer is mango season in the Caribbean. Mango trees decorated with yellow mangoes, Mangoes splattered on the ground like carpet. Mangoes on roadside stalls, Mangoes on market stalls, Mangoes on country road, Mango smell perfuming the air, Rotten mangoes attracting flies. MANGO TREE a Caribbean metaphor for St.Continue reading “Step to Humility”
Creation – A Grain of Sand
We are like grains of sand on the long stretch of the Manzanilla Beach.Manzanilla Beach is but a tiny fraction of coastal Trinidad.Coastal Trinidad is but an island in the archipelago of Caribbean islands.Caribbean islands are but a tiny fraction of the Caribbean Sea.The Caribbean Sea is but a tiny fraction of water sandwiched betweenContinue reading “Creation – A Grain of Sand”
New Ways of Praying
I learnt to swim in a swimming pool at high school. Since that time swimming has been a regular part of my exercise regime. After decades of swimming alone, I joined a swimming class with a professional coach. From those sessions, I discovered that science, research, and experience have inspired advanced swimming techniques. Acquiring theseContinue reading “New Ways of Praying”
No sidewalks on Irwin Road expose students to danger
THE EDITOR, Madam: The quality of construction, management and sustainability of a country’s public social institutions and physical infrastructure is a mirror of the mentality and perception of the government towards the people who elected them. Around the time of the dismissal of schools, I drove along the Tucker main road in St. James, andContinue reading “No sidewalks on Irwin Road expose students to danger”
Synodality – Graced Journey
I have vivid memories of my first road trip to the Cumana Retreat House of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, Cumana, Trinidad and Tobago. I was generously gifted with clear instructions to locate it. “Pay keen attention to the concrete milestones along the roadway. The most important one is milestone number 33.5”. DrivingContinue reading “Synodality – Graced Journey”
Morning after Ian
It’s early morning.Ian’s tail is in the distant horizon,On its onward Caribbean pilgrimage. Ian unlocked the vaults of heaven,With a cavalcade of waterCaressing and slapping the face of the earth. The morning is now incredibly silent,The orchestral sound of birds silent,Few fine-tuning their vocal cords. Leaves of trees like statuesDripping with remnant water,Overwhelmed by hoursContinue reading “Morning after Ian”
Contemporary Crucified Mother and Aunt
The reward for unconditional love is suffering and ‘death’. It’s a hard pill to swallow. The lead newspaper story of the Jamaica Gleaner, September 23, 2022, reports on the sentencing of Rushane Barnett. According to the article, Rushane Barnett and his brother were unemployed and in a financial bind when they telephoned their aunt, GwendolynContinue reading “Contemporary Crucified Mother and Aunt”
Building a Synodal Church
In building magnificent engineering structures such as bridges, skyscrapers, ocean liners, and bullet trains, human beings have learnt and applied some fundamental lessons. One such basic lesson is that development is a painstakingly slow-moving process devoid of shortcuts. Furthermore, the journey towards completion entails challenges that, once embraced, stimulate creativity and innovation. Throughout history we’veContinue reading “Building a Synodal Church”
Mindfulness
Most of our lifetime is spent swimming on the surface of the ocean of life, unaware of what lies beneath and the significance of it. We swim in and out of relationships, the life of others, political and religious institutions, programmes and projects, countries and cultures, as tourists without or with minimal impact on themContinue reading “Mindfulness”
