I watched Of Gods and Men the same week the news was filled with images of exultation at the killing of Osama bin Laden. The journey from Jon Stewart’s testosterone-driven treatment of bin Laden’s death on the Daily Show to…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Of Gods and Men. . . and Jon Stewart
Tagged with: Algeria, Daily Show, Gods and Men, Jon Stewart, Osama bin Laden
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Colonization, I BLOG, Movies, Muslims, Readers of the Book, Uncategorized
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Colonization, I BLOG, Movies, Muslims, Readers of the Book, Uncategorized
Royal Celebrations
In Hilo and in London. On different islands, oceans apart, this weekend, a royal celebration and the perpetuation of centuries old traditions that took us from the ancient to the modern.
Tagged with: ancient traditions, auana, Edith Kanaka`ole Stadium, Hilo, kahiko, London, Merrie Monarch, royal wedding
Posted in Colonization, Hawaiian Language and Culture, I BLOG, Merrie Monarch, Royal celebrations
Posted in Colonization, Hawaiian Language and Culture, I BLOG, Merrie Monarch, Royal celebrations
Emmaus: Seeing and Surrendering
. .while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. Then they…
Tagged with: Admiral Bob Kihune, Battleship Missouri, Bishop Larry Silva, Dignity of life, Emmaus, Kamemehameha Schools, Kitty Hawk
Posted in Careers, I BLOG, Journeys, Self-Discovery, Uncategorized, Vocations
Posted in Careers, I BLOG, Journeys, Self-Discovery, Uncategorized, Vocations
Maundy Thursday. Good Friday. Easter
We call these holy days by names now so familiar their meaning recedes. We troop to service on Maundy Thursday, knowing we will witness the reenactment of the washing of the feet of the apostles by Jesus at the Last…
Tagged with: Hogan Entrepreneurs, Homelessness, Ramsay Taum; Jay Fidell; Easter bunny, Tavis Smiley, taxes
Posted in Budget, Easter, Good Friday, Hawaiian Values, I BLOG, Maundy Thursday, Taxes, Uncategorized
Posted in Budget, Easter, Good Friday, Hawaiian Values, I BLOG, Maundy Thursday, Taxes, Uncategorized
What is a kyl?
Apparently it is a lie, otherwise known, according to the office of Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona as something “not intended to be a factual statement.” As in stating, as Senator Kyl did for the record, that “well over 90…
Make that leap, Bill Maher.
Bill Maher makes me laugh. And cry. His radical simplification of complex issues is both laugh-out-loud funny — and gross. He pierces through the gullibility of people who let themselves be instruments of the self-interest of the rich and powerful…
Tagged with: Bill Maher, Common Cause, Ernest Angley, Joel Osteen, John Gardner, Sarah Palin
Posted in Christian Politicians, Faith, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Proofs for God, Stand up Comedy, Uncategorized
Posted in Christian Politicians, Faith, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Proofs for God, Stand up Comedy, Uncategorized
Malaysia and Readers of the Book
Largely Muslim Malaysia has been ill-served by the spectacle of bureaucrats in the Publications Control and Quranic Text Division of the Home Ministry defying the Prime Minister by withholding, then defacing, Bibles published in the Malay language (Bahasa Malaysia). March…
Tagged with: Al-Kitab, Christians, Malaysia, Muslims
Posted in Al-Kitab, I BLOG, Muslims, Prophet Muhammad, Readers of the Book, Uncategorized
Posted in Al-Kitab, I BLOG, Muslims, Prophet Muhammad, Readers of the Book, Uncategorized
Wisconsin: Dorothy Day vs the Son of a Preacher
Dorothy Day spoke of a desire to “change the world–make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended them to do. And, by fighting for better conditions, by crying out unceasingly for the…
Tagged with: Catholic Church, Gingrich, Unions, US Bishops, Wisconsin
Posted in Business and Justice, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Justice, US Bishops, Workers' Rights
Posted in Business and Justice, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Justice, US Bishops, Workers' Rights
Equality for LGBT Families: Lay Catholics Must Lead
In 1965 Thomas Merton, in an open letter to the US Bishops said: The Christian is called . . . to obey the Gospel of love, for all men, and not simply to devote himself to the interests of a…
Beyond Our Prisons
Not according to our sins does he deal with us, nor does he requite us according to our crimes Psalm 103:10 On Wednesday February 16, 2011 a group of women in baggy blue-grey pants and tunics held a classroom filled…
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