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with Jasmine Botstock
our beds.
A few weeks later, I no-
We live in a world im- bued with the divine. Christ is not simply a figure of history, in a time from long ago. Christ’s love lives and breathes as we do, whenev- er we pay attention enough to notice and be a part of it. Whether you are caring for
ticed it had made some keiki
Tending To Kalo And Christ
Hahai no ka ua i ka ulula¯‘au. Rains always follow the forest.
Poetic interpretation — look for the divine, and you will find it.
green beings, furry beings or feathered beings — be they two-legged, four-legged or more — you, too, are tend- ing to the very heart of God.
The Rev. Jazzy (aka Jas- mine Botstock), a graduate of Yale Divinity School, serves as kanaka maoli Epis- copal priest for two congre- gations on the Westside of O‘ahu: St. John the Baptist, Mā‘ili, and Maluhia Luther- an, Wai‘anae. She loves to garden, laugh, spend time with her wife, Bree, walk barefoot and feel the warmth of the sun.
Chasing The Light is pro- duced by Lynne Johnson and Robin Stephens Rohr.
People ON THE MOVE IN HAWAI‘I Compiled by Karen Iwamoto, kiwamoto@midweek.com
L ast year, with my parents’ help, my wife, Bree, and I bought a home in Wai‘anae. We have big visions for our home — fruit trees, garden space, chickens and replac- ing the invasives with native plants, just to name a few. Recently, we bought some starter kalo. After learning everything I could, I dug a hole, shimmied it out of its pot and patted it into one of
As I worked to separate them, I thought about the story of Hāloa — the first- born human, a stillborn child — who was planted and be- came kalo, our elder brother. Hāloa gives his life for the life — the nourishment — of the people, through becom- ing our staple food. There is something reminiscent in this mo‘olelo about the story of Christianity — of a God who comes into our world
As my clumsy fingers tried to separate these smaller plants without breaking their root system, I began to see the dirt under my nails in a new light. I was caring for my culture — for my people, and the place I come from. And, I was caring, in a way, for Christ.
Kipukai Kualii
Stephanie Iona
—so,Idugitbackupand separated the small corms from the larger one, replant- ing them in a patch near one another (I’ m not sure if this was the right thing to do, but I can report that so far the plants are thriving).
but ultimately dies, leaving Himself, through Eucharist, to nourish the people.
Kipukai Kualii of Anahola has joined Homestead Community Development Corp. He will lead several homestead capacity-building programs statewide. Kualii is Kaua‘i County councilmember and has worked part-time for the YWCA since 2010. He previously served with the civil rights department of the AFL-CIO in Washington, D.C. HCDC is a nonprofit founded by the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations in 2009.
Stephanie Iona has been appointed to the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority’s board of directors. She specializes in community government affairs on Kaua‘i and has five decades of experience in the agricultural and hospitality industries. She currently provides community affairs services to Kaua‘i Shrimp and the Kekaha Agriculture Association.
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