It’s the season of Advent and once again his past Sunday we had both the searing prophetic vision of John the Baptist excoriating the “brood of vipers” and the gentler, hope and faith-filled vision of Isaiah looking towards the “miracle…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Will the real believers in Advent please stand up?
Tagged with: Advent, Chaminade University, Fr. Tim Eden, Medical benefits for 9/11 rescue workers, tax cuts
Posted in Governing, I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in Governing, I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
God and Good Government: Ignorance Breeds Ignobility
It suits politicians, even the ones who speak earnestly of the need for bi-partisanship, to sometimes exaggerate how different they are from The Other Party or The Other Person in order to distinguish themselves in the minds of voters with…
Tagged with: faith in action, Jon Kyl, Reza Aslan, social justice, tax cuts, Unemployment benefits
Posted in Governing, I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion
Posted in Governing, I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion
On being not so soft, not so nice, not so late
In conjunction with the eighth annual celebration of The Interfaith Alliance Hawaii (TIAH), Rev. John Heidel recently reflected on some of the challenges facing the state in 2011. He cited domestic violence, immigration reform, sustainability and the development of alternative…
Tagged with: 2011 challenges, extremists, John Heidel, progressives, TIAH
Posted in Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Religion
Posted in Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Religion
Rediscovering the Middle
When there is no more middle, We begin to teeter On the edge. When there is no more middle We shake and tremble as if We’re on a ledge. When there is no more middle, And the panic…
Tagged with: governing from the middle, religious tolerance; serving the greater good
Posted in Governing, I BLOG
Posted in Governing, I BLOG
Finding the Rhythm of Being
It’s been a season of sharp edges and blunt trauma to the body politic. The absurdities and shrill banalities of a Bachman, Palin, Angle or O’Donnell are annoying jabs that cause no more than surface wounds and bruising. They lack…
Tagged with: Christianity in Government, Martha Graham, Pro-life Christian, Raimon Panikkar, Rand Paul, The Rhythm of Being
Posted in Governing, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in Governing, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Tax-collectors, Politicians and the Sycamore Tree
At that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he…
Tagged with: Midterm elections, salvation, taxes, wealth and taxes, Zacchaeus
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Taking God’s Name in Vain: A Political Sport
Why aren’t church leaders raining hellfire and damnation—or at least withholding communion, since that is the preferred remedy of some—from those who take the name of the Lord in vain? I’d like to know if Archbishop John C. Nienstedt of…
Our Sense of Shame: Can We Get It Back?
Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself, “I thank you, God, that I am not grasping, unjust, adulterous like everyone…
Tagged with: Christine O'Donnell, Lies about Healthcare, Michael Steele, Mitch McConnell, Shame in Politics
Posted in Healthcare Reform, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Religion
Posted in Healthcare Reform, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Religion
Current Political Rhetoric: What Would St. Paul Say?
“When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” The familiar line from St. Paul’s letter to the…
Tagged with: Politicians as examples for children, Religion in Politics, Subverting Christianity
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Religion
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Religion
Dawn Morais 