. . . the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake– but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake there was fire– but the LORD was not in the fire. After…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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The whispering of the Word
Tagged with: Bishop Paul Tan, JAIS, Jesuit Refugee Service, Raid on Methodist Church
Posted in Christians in Malaysia, Freedom of Religion, I BLOG, Malaysia, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in Christians in Malaysia, Freedom of Religion, I BLOG, Malaysia, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Happy Birthday, John Frederick Webster!
Let sense be numb, let flesh retire; Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still, small voice of calm! On this day, I celebrate my beloved husband’s Quaker roots: the sitting and waiting for the “still, small voice of…
Tagged with: Birthday Wishes, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Webster, Peace, Pennsylvania, Quakers
Posted in Faith, Family and Friends, Grace, I BLOG, Peace, Poetry, Quakers, Uncategorized
Posted in Faith, Family and Friends, Grace, I BLOG, Peace, Poetry, Quakers, Uncategorized
Malaysia: From Tun Abdul Razak to Najib Razak
1967 In a speech celebrating Malaysia’s 10th year of Merdeka (Independence), then Deputy PM Tun Abdul Razak declared: “We have drawn from the richness of our multi-racial cultural heritage and have built a Malaysian culture with an identity of its…
1Malaysia: BERSIH (clean) or KOTOR (dirty)?
Happy those…whose hope is in the LORD, their God, The maker of heaven and earth, the seas and all that is in them. Who keeps faith forever, secures justice for the oppressed,gives food to the hungry.The LORD sets prisoners free.…
Blessed is the Banker to the Poor
How could I not have read Banker to the Poor earlier? But I’m glad I just did—thanks to my daughter’s prompting—almost 12 years after this autobiography of the visionary micro-credit pioneer, Dr. Muhammad Yunus was first published. Banker to the…
Knowing Beans and Being Catholic. . .
My small harvest of beans grown on the lanai that wraps around our apartment feeds who I am as a Catholic in all kinds of, maybe muddled, ways. For Catholics, the idea of seeding and bearing fruit and harvesting runs…
Tagged with: Ahupuaa, Charles Reppun, Jaipur, Jesus the Gardener, Jon Osorio, Mission Sisters of Ajmer, Myanmar, UCANews, Value of Hawaii
Posted in Feeding the Hungry, I BLOG, Sustainability, Uncategorized
Posted in Feeding the Hungry, I BLOG, Sustainability, Uncategorized
Reading Lolita in Tehran and Weiner in Washington D.C.
I finished Azar Nafisi’s wonderful memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran just as the story of Weiner’s online sexual antics broke. Nafisi’s memoir of resistance to tyranny through the liberating power of literature makes the point that one should not let…
Tagged with: Azar Nafisi, Bellow, John Ensign, John Profumo, Lolita in Tehran, Weiner
Posted in I BLOG, Politicians and their Lies, Politics and Religion, Readers of the Book, Sex and Politics, Survival, Transformation, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Politicians and their Lies, Politics and Religion, Readers of the Book, Sex and Politics, Survival, Transformation, Uncategorized
On Tiara Street: Grace at Work
Just enjoyed the blessing of a couple of days in L.A. with old friends, Gwen and Richard Mayer. If art is a gift of grace, their lovely home on Tiara Street is grace in abundance. Bright splashes of color on…
Tagged with: Art, Grace, Gwen Mayer, Richard Mayer
Posted in Art, Friends, Grace, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Art, Friends, Grace, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Deaf
What a sad, sad, parade of powerful men making the news. Their predatory behavior is damning enough. But the behavior of each one also speaks to a spiritual and emotional deafness to those in whose midst each man built his…
Tagged with: Belgian Bishop Vangheluwe, DKE, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, IMF, Schwarzenegger, US Bishops, YAle
Posted in Business and Justice, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Politicians and their Lies, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Posted in Business and Justice, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Politicians and their Lies, Uncategorized, US Bishops
Dawn Morais 