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Category: Mortality

Support for the End of Life Choice Bill
Bodies

Support for the End of Life Choice Bill

Posted on 18 February 201810 April 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…

Voluntary euthanasia: an unfamiliar pilgrimage
Euthanasia

Voluntary euthanasia: an unfamiliar pilgrimage

Posted on 29 December 20176 January 2018 by Sande Ramage

Euthanasia is a hot political topic in New Zealand as David Seymour’s voluntary euthanasia bill has been drawn from the ballot forcing politicians to confront this important issue. I support euthanasia and have done for many years. For me it is the…

Abortion, Godde and spiritual development
Abortion

Abortion, Godde and spiritual development

Posted on 7 May 20176 October 2024 by Sande Ramage

Pregnant, yet deep within I knew I couldn’t give this baby life. The decision was made to abort and way back then I was unaware of how this experience would influence my spiritual development. Now, as a much older woman,…

Neville Duckmanton: the great encourager
Church

Neville Duckmanton: the great encourager

Posted on 12 December 201630 January 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.…

Naked fat women push boundaries of presence
Bodies

Naked fat women push boundaries of presence

Posted on 28 August 201630 January 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…

Hospital Chaplains too Christian for Nones?
Death and Dying

Hospital Chaplains too Christian for Nones?

Posted on 31 August 20157 February 2018 by admin

She sat beside the bed, tears brimming. ‘Mum’s dying.’ ‘Yes.’ We sat in silence for a bit. ‘I’ve lost my faith.’ ‘Uh huh.’ ‘When my friend died.’ ‘Mm.’ We held hands and Mum’s too, wondering in our own ways, about…

Living with my desk skull
Faith

Living with my desk skull

Posted on 31 August 201530 January 2018 by Sande Ramage

Amongst the debris on my desk sits a small skull. It’s just big enough to remind me that I’m not long for this world. No, I don’t have a diagnosis that may make you feel awkward, other than being terminally…

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

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

Posted on 19 June 201518 February 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,…

Stories crucial to midwifing death
Compassion

Stories crucial to midwifing death

Posted on 13 July 201430 January 2018 by Sande Ramage

Midwifing death is as important to the dying process as pain relief. For me, it’s walking slowly beside another person as they disengage from their dwindling life force and listening intently to the stories of their life. Stories can tumble…

Dirty laundry leads to Easter grave turning
Bodies

Dirty laundry leads to Easter grave turning

Posted on 20 April 201430 January 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…

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  • One of the most wicked destructive forces, psychologically speaking, is unused creative power…If someone has a creative gift and out of laziness, or for some other reason, doesn’t use it, the psychic energy turns to sheer poison. That’s why we often diagnose neuroses and psychotic diseases as not-lived high possibilities. Marie-Louise von Franz
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