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Category: Compassion

A prayer for grief stricken Kiwis
Compassion

A prayer for grief stricken Kiwis

Posted on 17 March 201917 March 2019 by Sande Ramage

I wrote this prayer, or cry of the human heart, for an interfaith gathering at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Palmerston North and the MidCentral DHB vigil. Chant, sing or say it with great passion! O God of…

Aotearoa’s love can overcome hate
Compassion

Aotearoa’s love can overcome hate

Posted on 16 March 201912 October 2022 by Sande Ramage

People remember where they were when Martin Luther King and John Kennedy were shot. From here on in, Kiwis will know where they were on the 15th March 2019. The day a man opened fire in two sacred spaces killing 49 of our Muslim…

Fast Backward: by Rabbi Karen B. Kaplan, hospice chaplain
Compassion

Fast Backward: by Rabbi Karen B. Kaplan, hospice chaplain

Posted on 12 January 201914 January 2019 by Sande Ramage

Welcome today to guest blogger Karen B Kaplan who talks about her role as being a midwife to rebirthing what has already occurred as she listens to people recount their lives as they move towards death. Juliet, the wife of…

Rethinking organisational capture, collusion and reciprocity
Compassion

Rethinking organisational capture, collusion and reciprocity

Posted on 23 September 201826 September 2018 by Sande Ramage

I have a dream that spirituality and soulfulness can be creatively reimagined for our time through inspirational workplaces that take meaning making, compassion and connectedness seriously as part of the deep, holistic wisdom we are rebirthing in our everyday communities.…

Oh Godde, my mum is dying
Compassion

Oh Godde, my mum is dying

Posted on 25 July 201825 July 2018 by Sande Ramage

Oh, Godde, whatever you are and I don’t know; my mum is dying. Maturity disappeared in one phone call when she said, I have something to tell you. No! I’m not ready. Too many memories of being held hurt soothed…

Flinging open doorways to The More
Art

Flinging open doorways to The More

Posted on 23 July 201823 July 2018 by Sande Ramage

There’ll be no return to church, said The Analyst in reflective mode, ‘until they get rid of the homily.’ He was musing, not on the lapsed art of stylish rhetoric, but the tendency to use a pulpit to tell people…

Support for the End of Life Choice Bill
Bodies

Support for the End of Life Choice Bill

Posted on 18 February 201810 April 2018 by Sande Ramage

New Zealand is currently considering David Seymour’s End of Life Choice Bill through the Justice Select Committee process. My submission is below in its entirety. Support for the Bill I support the intent of this Bill because it emerges from…

Waru the movie: questioning patriarchy?
Compassion

Waru the movie: questioning patriarchy?

Posted on 29 December 201722 January 2018 by Sande Ramage

Waru is powerful and uncomfortable. Eight stories all linked by the death of a boy. On the surface it’s about child abuse, confirmed by the co-producer Kerry Warkia who said the project was, ‘born out of heartache, love and passion to…

Turning compassion fatigue upside down
Art

Turning compassion fatigue upside down

Posted on 5 June 201730 January 2018 by Sande Ramage

Research is all very well, but what if the results force you to rethink existing beliefs and behaviours? I’ve just been challenged like that about a compassion course I co-tutor. The course emerged out of hospital corridor conversations where staff…

Abortion, Godde and spiritual development
Abortion

Abortion, Godde and spiritual development

Posted on 7 May 20176 October 2024 by Sande Ramage

Pregnant, yet deep within I knew I couldn’t give this baby life. The decision was made to abort and way back then I was unaware of how this experience would influence my spiritual development. Now, as a much older woman,…

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