Western Easter has come and gone, and I missed it this year, by design. I went to Athens for the weekend, where Easter this year won’t come until May 1. In the Greek Orthodox Church, Easter is reckoned differently, so that…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Easter, West and East by Laura Shannon
Tagged with: Easter, Greece, Laura Shannon, refugees, Resurrection
Posted in Easter, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Easter, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Good Friday: A Call to Abolish Capital Punishment
Yes. If we have truly evolved as a species,if we wish to call ourselves civilized, and people of faith, we should have long ago abolished the death penalty. It is barbaric. How can we express horror at beheadings in faraway…
Lent: Letting in Light and Beauty
Lent: a time of abstinence and fasting; small penances amidst our everyday abundance that remind us to savor the sweetness of life. Lent invites us to pare our lives down to essentials. It does not require us to dwell in…
Tagged with: Abstinence, Easter, Fast, Lent
Posted in Easter, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Lent, Uncategorized
Posted in Easter, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Lent, Uncategorized
Passover Seder to Easter: Letting Go of Odious Orthodoxy
It was my first Passover Seder. Our host, Karen Kahn said it would be a celebration of liberation, not of religious orthodoxy. She and her wife, Patricia Gozemba have been warriors for many causes, from LGBT rights to clean air,…
Tagged with: Discovery doctrine, Easter, Episcopal Church, Karen Khan, Passover Seder, Pat Gozemba, Pope Francis, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Timothy Dolan
Posted in Easter, I BLOG, Indigenous peoples, Passover, Quakers, Uncategorized
Posted in Easter, I BLOG, Indigenous peoples, Passover, Quakers, Uncategorized
“As I have loved you”
“No individual or group will be provided space and opportunity to promote information and/or opinion that is contrary to Catholic belief and practice.” The new set of guidelines on who may or may not speak in Catholic institutions in Hawaii…
Tagged with: Hawaii Catholic Herald, Pope Benedict, womenpriests
Posted in Easter, Equality and Faith, Good Friday, I BLOG, Maundy Thursday
Posted in Easter, Equality and Faith, Good Friday, I BLOG, Maundy Thursday
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
Dawn Morais 