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Category: Bodies

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

Posted on July 15, 2018December 23, 2021 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 not necessarily the Gospel of Mark, an action-packed narrative that forms the bare bones of…

Out of the blue God
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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 look like for you today? See that blue? Yeah. It’s like the sky and the…

Spirituality beyond dogma: a creative balancing act
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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 his wife Rachael. But one of Fell’s colleagues said, ‘I felt like he was there.…

Support for the End of Life Choice Bill
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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. Support for the Bill I support the intent of this Bill because it emerges from…

Naked fat women push boundaries of presence
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Naked fat women push boundaries of presence

Posted on August 28, 2016January 30, 2018 by Sande Ramage

As France tangles with burkini bans, who knew that images of pretty much butt naked fat women would leave such an impression on me, whilst 60 photographs of glorious women at 60 would seem lacklustre in comparison. The Adipositivity Project…

Shared vulnerability: the key to soulful & just end of life choices
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Shared vulnerability: the key to soulful & just end of life choices

Posted on June 19, 2015February 18, 2018 by Sande Ramage

I used to love the story of Little Red Riding Hood. There was something deliciously appealing about getting dressed up in an elegant red cape and sauntering off into the world alone. Grandma turning into the wolf didn’t bother me,…

Dirty laundry leads to Easter grave turning
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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 of our own kitchen and closed down before they got too heretical. What mattered was…

Rape culture in need of a spirituality that grows us
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Rape culture in need of a spirituality that grows us

Posted on December 8, 2013January 30, 2018 by Sande Ramage

New Zealand’s ‘rape culture’ is in the news after a group of teenage boys allegedly had sex with intoxicated underage girls and then bragged about it on Facebook. The report triggered memories of my own. As a young mum, I…

on rape, stagnant pools and echoes in the void
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on rape, stagnant pools and echoes in the void

Posted on November 17, 2013July 25, 2018 by Sande Ramage

no matter how much we protest about rape (haven’t women been experiencing this forever, remember Dinah in Genesis and when we thought our marching might take back the night) no matter how many rape laws are drafted, enacted people imprisoned,…

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Walking the valley of the dead

Posted on December 24, 2000January 24, 2022 by Sande Ramage

The pounding of my heart, heralding a fear of who knows what had been completely quietened. In its place, an intense interest was flowering as I found myself peering deep into an empty chest cavity, tracking the embalmer who was…

  • There is an …. agonizing emptiness within our society that … reflects a desperate need for meaning, relevance, something deeper in life Leibrich, 2002
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