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Category: Religion

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…

Crumbling Christianity good news for Kiwis
Christmas

Crumbling Christianity good news for Kiwis

Posted on 28 December 201330 January 2018 by Sande Ramage

Joy to the world, the angels at Statistics New Zealand are singing a new song . Anglicans and Protestants are on the eve of destruction. We’ve got about 20 years left. By 2054, (my 100th birthday!) Christianity, except for Roman Catholicism, will probably not…

on rape, stagnant pools and echoes in the void
Art

on rape, stagnant pools and echoes in the void

Posted on 17 November 201325 July 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,…

Hospital chaplaincy beyond religious control?
Church

Hospital chaplaincy beyond religious control?

Posted on 27 October 201330 January 2018 by Sande Ramage

Sometimes truth is so hard to stomach that even though it stares you in the face and shouts itself hoarse trying to be heard we remain oblivious to its presence. This may be because the emerging truth demands much of…

Muslim woman’s seam of resistance
Art

Muslim woman’s seam of resistance

Posted on 30 September 201230 January 2018 by Sande Ramage

There’s more to art and spirituality than meets the eye, ear or intellect. More is what lingers, soothing the troubled soul, leaving a bad taste, irritating beyond belief or what we thought we knew. More is about our interaction with…

Getting to grips with space
Church

Getting to grips with space

Posted on 9 September 201211 February 2018 by Sande Ramage

Just because your life’s fallen down doesn’t mean there’s nothing left I thought as I gazed at the skeleton of Knox Presbyterian Church in Christchurch. Instead of being desolate, this space had a stark kind of beauty. On the whole,…

Grand designs beyond belief
Art

Grand designs beyond belief

Posted on 14 August 201230 January 2018 by Sande Ramage

The man in the window seat smiled and nodded in that nonchalant, introverted way we Kiwis cultivate as I sat down and buckled my seat belt.  Minutes later he turned extrovert as he launched into the saga of his house…

Knights in common
Church

Knights in common

Posted on 20 July 20127 February 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…

Bishop Justin will need fancy footwork
Church

Bishop Justin will need fancy footwork

Posted on 6 July 201230 January 2018 by Sande Ramage

Cathedral high holy days are like magnificent theatrical productions but you need to be able to see the action to appreciate them. Squashed in just beyond the choir and slightly short of the sanctuary, my view of the ordination of…

Teenage self-harm may be spiritual awakening
Art

Teenage self-harm may be spiritual awakening

Posted on 20 May 20124 February 2018 by Sande Ramage

Nearly 50% of Wellington teenagers purposefully harm themselves before they turn 18.  They cut burn and scratch themselves with nails, glass, sandpaper or other implements and sometimes break their own bones. This mutilation is frightening for teachers and parents.  It…

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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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