For all who yearn for words from the pulpit that speak to our times: This sermon is published with the kind permission of Rev. David Gierlach, Rector of St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, Honolulu. Today Jesus brings his closest friends in…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
Blog Archives
Guest Post: Endings and Unveilings
Tagged with: Afghanistan, Apocalypse, Hubris, Queen Lili'uokalani
Posted in Death and Dying, Faith, I BLOG, Justice, Peace with Justice, Queen Lili`uokalani, Uncategorized
Posted in Death and Dying, Faith, I BLOG, Justice, Peace with Justice, Queen Lili`uokalani, Uncategorized
Mother and Daughter: Double Joy
With thanks for the many blessings of having mother, grandmother, great-grandmother Gladys Morais nee Vaz, and sister, aunt, great-aunt and cheer-leader for all who need a helping hand, Elaine Morais –in our lives. For your generosity of heart and soul,…
Tagged with: Academic Writing for Beginners, Elaine Morais, Gladys Morais, May 8, Mother, Mothers Day, Prayer to Mary
Posted in Faith, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Faith, Family and Friends, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Spontaneous Combustion at First Tabernacle, DC
Tagged with: anatomy of love, Church of God and Saints in Christ, Elder Charles Watson, First Tabernacle, John Webster, Micah, Sean Sullivan, SNAP, Tabernacle
Posted in African American Judaism, Faith, Family and Friends, Feeding the Hungry, Fighting Poverty, Friends, Hunger, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
Posted in African American Judaism, Faith, Family and Friends, Feeding the Hungry, Fighting Poverty, Friends, Hunger, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
Homage to Joe Bageant
This post is dedicated, with thanks, to Pat Gozemba who introduced me to Joe Bageant—one of her heroes. It’s a tiny tavern at the corner of Kent and Fairfax in historic Winchester, Virginia. Despite its name, there is nothing royal…
Tagged with: Blue-collar worker, Brian Patrick, Christine Patrick, Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War, Joe Bageant, Pat Gozemba, Royal Lunch, Virginia, Winchester, Winchester Book Gallery
Posted in Class warfare, Faith, Feeding the Hungry, Fighting Poverty, I BLOG, Justice, Middle Class, Uncategorized, Workers' Rights
Posted in Class warfare, Faith, Feeding the Hungry, Fighting Poverty, I BLOG, Justice, Middle Class, Uncategorized, Workers' Rights
Love’s Ways to Grace
Love as joy can keep us living fully, right up to our fingertips, till the end of our days. Or, perversely, love, clouded by fear of loss, can make us shut down our capacity for life too soon as we…
Tagged with: Grace, Knowing ourselves, love, Martha and Mary, Merton
Posted in Faith, Family and Friends, Grace, I BLOG, Merton, Uncategorized
Posted in Faith, Family and Friends, Grace, I BLOG, Merton, 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
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…
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
New People, New Poets, A New Vision of the Future
People often ask me about my fixation with poetry the same way they ask why I remain Catholic. Even as they shrink from both, there is an appreciation of the mysteries and the challenge both represent. Not my cup of…
Tagged with: civil unions Hawaii, Egypt, faith, Merton, poetry, poets
Posted in Civil Unions Hawaii, Faith, I BLOG, LGBT Families, Merton, Poetry, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
Posted in Civil Unions Hawaii, Faith, I BLOG, LGBT Families, Merton, Poetry, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized
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