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In the mornings, my body is like an old locomotive steam-driven train creeping like molasses in winter. In the evenings, prior to my body’s starting gun firing to begin my exercise routine, my body sluggishly goes to the starting spot. Sometimes, my “Things To Do” lists remain incomplete because of an infection of the virusContinue reading “Listening to the Body”

Growing up I was extremely shy about dancing, especially partner dancing. But I would stand in great awe admiring two persons dancing, moving in sync, gently carrying each other, one humbly leading, the other humbly following.  As an adult, I got hypnotized by the dancers on the cable programme Dancing with the Stars. My eyes…Continue reading “Humility and Ego”

Recently, I  was in awe of the manifestation of vulnerability among my brother priests.  My colleague and friend, Esteban Kross, Suriname, was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. He travelled to Holland for medical treatment. One day, I messaged him to enquire about his progress. He responded: Hi Don. My update: On Wednesday an uncle andContinue reading “Vulnerability and Priesthood”

Fr. Martin and I took an afternoon “Emmaus Walk” through the village of Blanchisseuse, Trinidad.  We passed small quaint old houses, million-dollar beachside resorts, COVID-19 lonely village shops, a Catholic, the graves befriend overgrown grass and foliage and sporing an an upside down sign marked “Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Cemetery”, half-opened village barsContinue reading “Emmaus Walk”

Life is a journey. Our personal, professional, family, religious, political, spiritual, national, or global life can be compared to a labyrinth.  A labyrinth is a serpentine path that slowly moves from the outside to the inside, but only after many roundabout twists and indirect deviations. As a metaphor for life, the labyrinth describes a journeyContinue reading “Life – A Labyrinth”

Rain. Rain. Rain.  I arose to the dawn and was greeted by the sound of rain drops pattering loudly on my roof. Unlike other times of waking up to the morning rain, this time I was motivated to divorce my warm cosy bed and begin my day with morning reading, meditation, and reflection. The soothingContinue reading “Rain”

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!”

On August 14, 2021, forty-five days after the assassination of Haiti’s president, our sister country experiences another disaster – a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on the south western end of the island. In response, my colleagues from the Conference on Theology in the Caribbean Today (CTCT) posted on our WhatsApp chat some profound remarks.  Without furtherContinue reading “Haiti”

Briana Williams, the youngest member of Jamaica’s gold medal 4 x 100 metres women’s relay team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics posted this on her Instagram: “Just got home and found out that my dear grandmother, who lived with us, passed away soon after I left for the Olympics.”   Loop News reported that sheContinue reading “Communion of Saints”

Last night I watched a French film on Netflix called Street Flow (Banlieusards). It’s a drama that addresses issues of race, poverty, family values and the struggles of a single parent through the lens of a black Muslim family living in the suburbs of Paris.  Soulaymaan, the middle brother, is a scholar working on hisContinue reading “Street Flow”