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Category: Death and Dying

A slow dawning Easter yarn in COVID time
Death and Dying

A slow dawning Easter yarn in COVID time

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 by Sande Ramage

On resurrection morning, Kate glanced at the crumpled grave clothes and cautiously opened the door of her tomb. The sun shone; new life beckoned but did she have what it took? The descent to the tomb began on the Ides…

COVID 19: time to listen to our fear
Death and Dying

COVID 19: time to listen to our fear

Posted on March 29, 2020March 29, 2020 by Sande Ramage

Kali the Labrador, my closest living being, is in COVID19 lockdown with me. She’s the leader here because, like her wolf ancestors, she lives out of instinct, attuned to unseen forces and energies. But if I pay attention, she gives…

Activism, spirituality and the kingdom within
Death and Dying

Activism, spirituality and the kingdom within

Posted on January 19, 2020January 19, 2020 by Sande Ramage

‘What have you done while Australia burns?’ yelled teen activist Izzy Raj-Seppings. ‘What have you done while your people can’t breathe,’ she continued, well wound up in front of thousands of Sydneysiders protesting climate change and wanting rid of their…

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 the MidCentral DHB vigil. Chant, sing or say it with great passion! O God of…

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. 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 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 listens to people recount their lives as they move towards death. Juliet, the wife of…

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 a solitary unknown, whether the room is crowded at death or the person dies alone,…

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 to tell you. No! I’m not ready. Too many memories of being held hurt soothed…

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 his wife Rachael. But one of Fell’s colleagues said, ‘I felt like he was there.…

Secrets, God and broken glass
Death and Dying

Secrets, God and broken glass

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Everyone carries secrets.  Not necessarily the kind that titillate, but the ordinary, everyday ones that rise to trouble us like a recurring virus. The pain of regret, of knowing that our lives are not perfect, not even close but sometimes…

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  • 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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