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The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani

@keakealani.bsky.social

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Same person as twitter, reddit, et al. Deacon, Episcopal Diocese of Hawaiʻi. Musician/singer/composer. "Too Catholic to Function." Chinese/Japanese/Hawaiian. Lefty politics, traddy liturgies, so feminist it hurts. She/her.

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ian lasch @ianlasch.bsky.social · 10h

upload yourself into the sun: boring, useless, you will burn up

upload yourself into the Son: thrilling, eternal, theosis

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The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 12h

Nothing like demonstrating my ADHD prowess than writing three separate sermons at the same time (?)

The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 13h

No, but if something calls for hot water (not boiled in the pot), I 100% use the kettle. (US interloper)

The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 13h

I mean, I experience this a lot myself. Most of life is normal and not really racially tinged at all, and then every so often I encounter some random situation where someone just decided to put on their racist hat for the day.

The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 13h

What I really wish, but Hollywood is notorious bad at, is nuanced middle ground - black and brown people who *are* living kinda normal lives and generally tolerated by white folk, but with real episodic interludes of violence and mistreatment, like it actually would have been (and still is).

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The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 13h

I’ve noticed this, too. I think it’s a fine line - there’s a way that the “12 years a slave” type film can seem like trauma porn and not helpful to diverse narratives, but I definitely think it’s literal fantasy land that blk and brn ppl are just out there living white lives.

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The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 15h

I do too, but I can see being even more generic on weekdays.

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The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 17h

NB, yes I’m aware of Dean Turrell’s feelings about this practice. I’m a curate, I don’t get a say. When the Rector says jump, you say “with what manual gestures?”

The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 17h

I am pretty sure someone got a picture of me parading a newly baptized baby down the aisles. I need some congratulations - I do not, as a rule, hold babies. Very much prefer 4+ years old lol

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The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t hate the idea - I do think weekdays in ordinary time should really be exceedingly ordinary. Very much lean into “office” as “duty” rather than some kind of festival.

I wonder if there’s room for a “generic” collect like Quiet Confidence for use here?

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The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 17h

Oh dang I made a cheap joke but E&A did it real. Amazing.

The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 1d

They were gonna canonize a patron saint of procrastination…but nobody has gotten around to it yet. 🕯️

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The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, this is the opposite of all out - it’s a small weekday service just to allow people to commemorate.

The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 2d

Not sure we have such a thing across the pond - we talk about pre-advent, but the color is still green.

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The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, I’m with you on this. Martyrdom implications are out for me. And yes, technically what we are doing is a weekday votive mass that happens to focus on peace, as a pastoral matter for people who want that. It’s not a church holiday.

The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 3d

Interestingly, the colors I was originally waffling between (white and green) aren’t mentioned at all by commenters. I’m not sure if that says more about the vagueness of color-based theology, or my bad taste.

The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 3d

Does anyone have opinions on what the liturgical color would be for a commemoration of Veterans Day/Armistice Day? ⚓️

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The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, I’m hesitant to make the focus too much on the dead for this reason. Likewise martyrdom implications make me iffy - they died in witness for their country, not for the church, so “martyr” seems like the incorrect designation.

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The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting! Yes we are using the votive lections for peace, so that’s essentially what it is….

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The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 3d

Does anyone have opinions on what the liturgical color would be for a commemoration of Veterans Day/Armistice Day? ⚓️

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The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 3d

These feel like the same people who are worried it’s too dangerous for me to ride my electric scooter the last mile from the bus stop to work. It’s bonkers what car culture has taught people.

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The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 3d

Oh and yeah, it also asked for what medical issues I have, but didn’t allow me to fill in the option for the disease I have even though it’s one of the most common genetic diseases in the world.

The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 3d

No, it was electronic - that’s why I was frustrated. In person I just write stuff in the margins.

The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly. In this case it was medical paperwork and it explicitly said “we ask this question to provide you better treatment” and I’m like “but objectively there’s no way to answer this question that won’t lead to worse treatment”

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The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 3d

Oh definitely similar!

The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 3d

I cannot begin to express how deeply, deeply upsetting it is when I am asked to indicate my race, and am not allowed to select multiple options. And declining just means I get less representation, bc let’s be real, monoracial people don’t decline. Just people like me. 😡😡😡

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