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Category: Obituary

In praise of Kali
Adoption

In praise of Kali

Posted on August 19, 2021August 28, 2021 by Sande Ramage

Kali the Labrador came into my life when she was ten months old. Appealing, exuberant, and unruly. We developed an inexplicable bond, living in silence but inter-dependent. When she left me nine years later, I felt untethered, adrift, grief stricken.…

Sacred space: in memory of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks 1948-2020
Faith

Sacred space: in memory of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks 1948-2020

Posted on November 8, 2020November 15, 2020 by Sande Ramage

Racing into my Sunday morning dance exercise class my head was focused on the death of Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Competing for space was the news that Biden was now President of the United States and Aotearoa has sworn in…

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, 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…

Neville Duckmanton: the great encourager
Church

Neville Duckmanton: the great encourager

Posted on December 12, 2016January 30, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Dear Neville I want to tell you, and anyone else in earshot, that you were one of the most encouraging people I’ve ever known. You were also generous, kind, clever and remarkably adept at making archaic systems work for good.…

Knights in common
Church

Knights in common

Posted on July 20, 2012February 7, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Professor Sir Mason Durie is a seasoned presenter.  One slide with three points and he had the standing room only crowd in his hand at Vaughan Park Anglican Retreat Centre.  We were a willing audience having gathered to hear his…

  • Much of Jung’s criticism of both religious and medical therapy, therefore, was grounded in his conviction that the modern healing arts and the mainstream Western Christian tradition had severed themselves from the healing, that is whole-making, energies of the psyche. John P. Dourley
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