The Rev. Dcn. Keakealani
@keakealani.bsky.social
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.
Will there ever be a Christ the King Sunday (it’s a real day, fight me) where I don’t spend it very angry that Americans use it as more anti monarchical propaganda to justify the fact that *they invaded our country to force us to stop having the monarch we wanted and elected*?
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Will there ever be a Christ the King Sunday (it’s a real day, fight me) where I don’t spend it very angry that Americans use it as more anti monarchical propaganda to justify the fact that *they invaded our country to force us to stop having the monarch we wanted and elected*?
Is it really too much to ask that there be more than one vegetarian/low meat option? (Also none at all that are vegan afaik)
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Is it really too much to ask that there be more than one vegetarian/low meat option? (Also none at all that are vegan afaik)
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LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
(CW; dental trauma & body stuff) At home recovering from more dental surgery. The most broken tooth was extracted and a bone graft placed. There has been some bleeding, apparently because the bone was also somewhat fractured and the extraction basically knocked that bone and caused it to bleed too.
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
(CW; dental trauma & body stuff) At home recovering from more dental surgery. The most broken tooth was extracted and a bone graft placed. There has been some bleeding, apparently because the bone was also somewhat fractured and the extraction basically knocked that bone and caused it to bleed too.
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Grateful to Via Media for making space for my reflections on how the very ordinary stuff of parish life is undermined by the church's unwillingness to fully embrace LGBTQIA+ folks. Policies discussed in the abstract have a real impact on real people, which too often gets forgotten.
And today a reminder that there are real people whose lives are affected by the current C of E policies on LGBTQIA+ relationships viamedia.news/2025/11/13/a...
A Question of Conscience - ViaMedia.News
by Revd Ruth Harley (Vicar, Cowgate and Priest in Charge, Newbiggin Hall) Standing at the font, I smiled at the scene unfolding in front of me. A happily gurgling baby and his two proud parents, surro...
viamedia.news
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Grateful to Via Media for making space for my reflections on how the very ordinary stuff of parish life is undermined by the church's unwillingness to fully embrace LGBTQIA+ folks. Policies discussed in the abstract have a real impact on real people, which too often gets forgotten.
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I think this is one of the best conversations I've had on All Things Necessary yet! The Rev. Deacon Erin Keakealani Richardson Severin ( @keakealani.bsky.social ) joins me to talk about Reddit chaplaincy and digital evangelism! ⚓
Reddit Evangelism w/ the Rev. Deacon Erin Keakealani Severin Richardson
YouTube video by All Things Necessary
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November 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I think this is one of the best conversations I've had on All Things Necessary yet! The Rev. Deacon Erin Keakealani Richardson Severin ( @keakealani.bsky.social ) joins me to talk about Reddit chaplaincy and digital evangelism! ⚓
Ugh episcopal Reddit is being weird again :/
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Ugh episcopal Reddit is being weird again :/
I swear every day feels like “Trump becoming commie to own the libs” is more and more true. Unfortunately, he’s a tankie.
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I swear every day feels like “Trump becoming commie to own the libs” is more and more true. Unfortunately, he’s a tankie.
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Mega-niche programming shout-out: early Baroque-ish Christmassy things for not more than SSATB (or SSATTB at a pinch) plus instruments (quartet) which involve, or /could/ involve recorders? I have the Messe de Minuit, obviously...
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Mega-niche programming shout-out: early Baroque-ish Christmassy things for not more than SSATB (or SSATTB at a pinch) plus instruments (quartet) which involve, or /could/ involve recorders? I have the Messe de Minuit, obviously...
Why does this wedding announcement feel episcopal coded ⚓️
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November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Why does this wedding announcement feel episcopal coded ⚓️
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*believes in the Virgin Birth harder*
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
*believes in the Virgin Birth harder*
See also, a wild misunderstanding of what kind of help churches are supposed to be doing?
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
See also, a wild misunderstanding of what kind of help churches are supposed to be doing?
I get ordained to the priesthood in less than two months. Which is absolutely wild to think about. And yet I simply cannot wait at this point.
November 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I get ordained to the priesthood in less than two months. Which is absolutely wild to think about. And yet I simply cannot wait at this point.
So I guess I better tell my bsky fam too. On Monday night I took a spill on my electric scooter (combo of a very bad snap decision and stressing out over an unfamiliar route) and head-over-handlebars fell on the sidewalk mouth first. Lost a tooth, badly chipped two others, and some minor abrasions
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
So I guess I better tell my bsky fam too. On Monday night I took a spill on my electric scooter (combo of a very bad snap decision and stressing out over an unfamiliar route) and head-over-handlebars fell on the sidewalk mouth first. Lost a tooth, badly chipped two others, and some minor abrasions
The gratification that comes when I make a liturgical comment and the rector is like “yep 100% agree, good thought”. I live for that serotonin hit I’m telling you.
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The gratification that comes when I make a liturgical comment and the rector is like “yep 100% agree, good thought”. I live for that serotonin hit I’m telling you.
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upload yourself into the sun: boring, useless, you will burn up
upload yourself into the Son: thrilling, eternal, theosis
upload yourself into the Son: thrilling, eternal, theosis
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
upload yourself into the sun: boring, useless, you will burn up
upload yourself into the Son: thrilling, eternal, theosis
upload yourself into the Son: thrilling, eternal, theosis
Nothing like demonstrating my ADHD prowess than writing three separate sermons at the same time (?)
November 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Nothing like demonstrating my ADHD prowess than writing three separate sermons at the same time (?)
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
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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
They were gonna canonize a patron saint of procrastination…but nobody has gotten around to it yet. 🕯️
November 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
They were gonna canonize a patron saint of procrastination…but nobody has gotten around to it yet. 🕯️
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.
Does anyone have opinions on what the liturgical color would be for a commemoration of Veterans Day/Armistice Day? ⚓️
October 31, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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.
Does anyone have opinions on what the liturgical color would be for a commemoration of Veterans Day/Armistice Day? ⚓️
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Does anyone have opinions on what the liturgical color would be for a commemoration of Veterans Day/Armistice Day? ⚓️
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. 😡😡😡
October 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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. 😡😡😡
The state of my desk, like the state of my brain, suggests that I will NOT in fact be managing to get my shit together.
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The state of my desk, like the state of my brain, suggests that I will NOT in fact be managing to get my shit together.
This post *did* remind me to review all of the names I’m supposed to read out loud for my portion of the necrology, which is now telling me I know diction rules for too many languages and not sure if people use original language pronunciations or English-accented pronunciations of their names….
I'm curious if other churches have guidelines or limitations on names added to the necrology for All Saints/All Souls (don't at me liturgy police). Last year, congregants had maybe 12-15 names for it. This year is 60+
October 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This post *did* remind me to review all of the names I’m supposed to read out loud for my portion of the necrology, which is now telling me I know diction rules for too many languages and not sure if people use original language pronunciations or English-accented pronunciations of their names….
Every time I see a BCP pastoral service and people go “wow that was so beautiful” I’m like yeeeeep the BCP comes in clutch every time! ⚓️
October 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Every time I see a BCP pastoral service and people go “wow that was so beautiful” I’m like yeeeeep the BCP comes in clutch every time! ⚓️