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Category: Mortality

Marianne & Leonard: reflecting our vulnerable ignorance
Movies

Marianne & Leonard: reflecting our vulnerable ignorance

Posted on October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 by Sande Ramage

The movie Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love drew me in, twice. An engrossing but discomforting movie that highlights Cohen’s hurtful behaviour towards his muse…

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…

A man was dying on Christmas morn
Death and Dying

A man was dying on Christmas morn

Posted on December 30, 2018January 2, 2019 by Sande Ramage

Over the past few weeks a number of friends and colleagues have experienced the death of someone close to them. Whether the person is famous or…

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…

Reimagining the Christian myth: a tribute to John P. Dourley
Bodies

Reimagining the Christian myth: a tribute to John P. Dourley

Posted on July 15, 2018July 22, 2018 by Sande Ramage

When I was at theological college I was fascinated by how it was perfectly acceptable to see the first chapters of Genesis as mythology but…

Out of the blue God
Bodies

Out of the blue God

Posted on July 12, 2018July 25, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Can you close the curtain? Sure. We call them the blue soundproof ones. Yeah, nah, not, it’s an illusion. (He laughs) So, what does God…

Who’s boss of God?
Church

Who’s boss of God?

Posted on July 8, 2018July 12, 2018 by Sande Ramage

‘You’re not boss of me,’ could be the petulant response from a junior God not yet clear of its identity, to the Episcopalian Church’s intention…

Spirituality beyond dogma: a creative balancing act
Bodies

Spirituality beyond dogma: a creative balancing act

Posted on April 22, 2018April 22, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Musician Moana Maniapoto found her beliefs challenged when the ashes of Headless Chicken’s founder Grant Fell were sprinkled on stage during an award ceremony by…

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