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Category: Easter

Imagine Easter unplugged
Art

Imagine Easter unplugged

Posted on May 15, 2019October 15, 2019 by Sande Ramage

A resounding hallelujah ended the Easter singing marathon I’d promised myself. As I staggered out exhausted into the night, I was musing over what had…

Shrove Tuesday pickings with Maimonides
Church

Shrove Tuesday pickings with Maimonides

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Sande Ramage

This Shrove Tuesday I’m gathering up the leftovers from three years in the spiritual wilderness and seeing what I can begin to make of them.…

Burning Seraphina: a solstice to get you in the guts
Church

Burning Seraphina: a solstice to get you in the guts

Posted on June 24, 2018June 24, 2018 by Sande Ramage

The giant creature Seraphina went up in flames on Wellington harbour. Within her maternal belly were notes holding the secret desires, dreams, yearnings, and concerns…

Shame on you Dr Billy Graham
Church

Shame on you Dr Billy Graham

Posted on March 11, 2018March 11, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Dr Billy Graham, often called one of the most influential Christian leaders of the 21st Century, died on 21st February. He was a powerful influence…

ANZAC Trumps Easter in Battle of the Gods
ANZAC

ANZAC Trumps Easter in Battle of the Gods

Posted on April 26, 2017January 30, 2018 by Sande Ramage

All of them are dead.  The bones of Jesus buried deep in Palestine and Kiwi soldiers in Turkey.  Although we post-moderns might like to believe…

Dirty laundry leads to Easter grave turning
Bodies

Dirty laundry leads to Easter grave turning

Posted on April 20, 2014January 30, 2018 by Sande Ramage

My Mum always said we shouldn’t wash our dirty linen in public. Secrets, lies, and doubts about anything, particularly the godstuff, were for the privacy…

Easterpreneur
Art

Easterpreneur

Posted on April 6, 2012February 6, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Jim’s Easterpreneur cartoon made me smile. For a split second, I thought I knew what it meant, momentarily forgetting that no creative work about the…

Festivals transcend belief
Books

Festivals transcend belief

Posted on March 31, 2012February 6, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Emilie Selden has an appealing naïvety. She’s educated in the art and philosophy of alchemy but has no clue about more mundane matters like the…

Easter contradictions with Ms Monroe
Creative Arts

Easter contradictions with Ms Monroe

Posted on March 23, 2012February 6, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Michelle Williams is tantalizing in the movie, My Week with Marilyn. She ensures Ms Monroe is present, a disarming combination of innocent child and sensual…

  • Instead of relying on any particular group to authorise me or my exploration, it’s up to me to expand my mother tongue by engaging with my unconscious to work out for myself what my mythology is, what symbols matter and how I can put them together to feed my soul in an ongoing passionate and regenerative process. Sande Ramage: Spirited Crone
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