“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” – Romans 15:13 On Saturday, July 25 I was privileged to be in the audience at the “Caribbean Kaiso Monarchs in Concert” performance, featuring …

“Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.’” – Matthew 19:26 Over the years, I have occasionally remembered the literary work “On His Blindness” by John Milton (1608-74). Now, please do not think that, by any stretch of the imagination, I am a literary scholar …

“For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.” – Proverbs 2:6 I was minding my business a week ago last Saturday in Trinidad when, out of the blue, I received a phone call from the Antigua and Barbuda Hitz 91.9 FM radio station in St. John’s, asking whether I would sit …

“In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.” – Proverbs 16:9 In the 1960s the so-called More Developed Countries (MDCs) in the Caribbean – Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago (1962) and Barbados and Guyana (1966) – gained their independence from Britain. Singapore became independent in 1965 and is about …