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Category: Compassion

A prayer for grief stricken Kiwis
Compassion

A prayer for grief stricken Kiwis

Posted on March 17, 2019March 17, 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…

Compassion

Aotearoa’s love can overcome hate

Posted on March 16, 2019March 16, 2019 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.…

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

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

Posted on January 12, 2019January 14, 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…

Rethinking organisational capture, collusion and reciprocity
Compassion

Rethinking organisational capture, collusion and reciprocity

Posted on September 23, 2018September 26, 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…

Oh Godde, my mum is dying
Compassion

Oh Godde, my mum is dying

Posted on July 25, 2018July 25, 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…

Flinging open doorways to The More
Art

Flinging open doorways to The More

Posted on July 23, 2018July 23, 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…

Support for the End of Life Choice Bill
Bodies

Support for the End of Life Choice Bill

Posted on February 18, 2018April 10, 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.…

Waru the movie: questioning patriarchy?
Compassion

Waru the movie: questioning patriarchy?

Posted on December 29, 2017January 22, 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…

Turning compassion fatigue upside down
Art

Turning compassion fatigue upside down

Posted on June 5, 2017January 30, 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…

Abortion, Godde and spiritual development
Abortion

Abortion, Godde and spiritual development

Posted on May 7, 2017March 9, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Pregnant, yet deep within I knew I couldn’t give this baby life. The decision was made to abort and back then, over 30 years ago,…

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