Audrey Mcavoy
Audrey Mcavoy is an author at Religion News Service.
All Stories by Audrey Mcavoy
A volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island is sacred to spiritual practitioners and treasured by astronomers
By Audrey Mcavoy and Deepa Bharath — December 13, 2023
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (AP) — Mauna Kea is a dormant 14,000-foot shield volcano. In Native Hawaiian lore, it is the first-born son of the sky father and earth mother.
As Maui rescue continues, families and faith leaders cling to hope but tackle reality of loss
By Bobby Caina Calvan, Giovanna Dell'orto, and Audrey Mcavoy — August 16, 2023
KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Amid the gloom, faith leaders were focused on providing community and spiritual hope for congregants who lost homes and livelihoods. Some vowed to hold services on Sunday.
Hawaii museum revisits history of gender-fluid healers
By Audrey Mcavoy — July 8, 2022
HONOLULU (AP) — The Bishop Museum exhibit, on display through Oct. 16, displays artifacts like massage sticks and a medicine pounder that healers would have used centuries ago.
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