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Bethlehem beckons beyond Anxiety
Christmas

Bethlehem beckons beyond Anxiety

Posted on November 17, 2019November 17, 2019 by Sande Ramage

About this time every year my old friend Anxiety shows up as an obnoxious Christmas goblin. I swear it’s HER decorating shops for Christmas in…

Imagine Easter unplugged
Art

Imagine Easter unplugged

Posted on May 15, 2019October 15, 2019 by Sande Ramage

A resounding hallelujah ended the Easter singing marathon I’d promised myself. As I staggered out exhausted into the night, I was musing over what had…

Ashes to ashes
Church

Ashes to ashes

Posted on March 16, 2019March 16, 2019 by Sande Ramage

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust makes real sense at the end of someone’s life. People get it. Somehow, without saying much, the words shout…

Shrove Tuesday pickings with Maimonides
Church

Shrove Tuesday pickings with Maimonides

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Sande Ramage

This Shrove Tuesday I’m gathering up the leftovers from three years in the spiritual wilderness and seeing what I can begin to make of them.…

Dump mansplaining Godde this Christmas
Christmas

Dump mansplaining Godde this Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2018December 24, 2018 by Sande Ramage

You’ve got to hand it to the blokes in the church, for their ability to keep mansplaining Godde for our own good. Recently, the Archbishop of…

No God without Godde
Church

No God without Godde

Posted on November 18, 2018November 18, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Standing up to speak I felt tentative, but it wasn’t the slight stomach turning before a speaking gig or worry about whether the technological wizardry…

Flinging open doorways to The More
Art

Flinging open doorways to The More

Posted on July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 by Sande Ramage

There’ll be no return to church, said The Analyst in reflective mode, ‘until they get rid of the homily.’ He was musing, not on the…

Full immerson: Jungian slow release from the Christian ties that bind
Books

Full immerson: Jungian slow release from the Christian ties that bind

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

A workshop at Common Ground Conference Progressive Christianity Aotearoa Saturday 8th September 2018 Abstract Blogging about spirituality drew sharp criticism from church authorities who determined…

Reimagining the Christian myth in Palmerston North
Books

Reimagining the Christian myth in Palmerston North

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Sande Ramage

The Illness The We Are: A Jungian Critique of Christianity by John P. Dourley A creative reading group for explorers Dates and times Thursday evenings,…

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…

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