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Category: Faith

Ukraine, Russia and the tension of opposites
Church

Ukraine, Russia and the tension of opposites

Posted on April 25, 2022April 28, 2022 by Sande Ramage

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was hot news as I wandered into my favourite bookstore. Colleagues were offering opinions about President Putin’s actions, but other than thinking war is futile my understanding of the situation was limited. However, I was interested…

Secular priest: research or consecration?
Church

Secular priest: research or consecration?

Posted on January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 by Sande Ramage

Until I met Niki Harré I’d never heard of a secular priest. I was intrigued but also felt confused. The two terms, secular and priest, didn’t seem to fit. How could someone be a priest if there was no sacred…

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…

mother mary: hidden in plain sight
Creative Arts

mother mary: hidden in plain sight

Posted on July 26, 2020December 21, 2020 by Sande Ramage

mother marycardinal creatorhidden in plain sightbirthing magnificencebeyond assumption mother marysensual symbolembodied energywith just one kissdivinity is revealed mother maryblessed creatorsubmissive, neverin birthing splendourreflects her Self The bible can seem pretty dry and unreadable. All that tiny print crammed onto hundreds…

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…

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…

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 early October. HER drenching my email in targeted advertising now that Google has my purchasing…

Rocketman: reinventing redemption
Faith

Rocketman: reinventing redemption

Posted on July 14, 2019July 14, 2019 by Sande Ramage

Elton John’s moment of redemption arrives in Rocketman when he wraps his younger, abandoned and fragile self in a loving embrace. Integration of a fragmented human is underway. Or put another way, the Self, the God within us is on…

The Rite of Steps: A Prayer
Creative Arts

The Rite of Steps: A Prayer

Posted on June 24, 2019October 15, 2019 by Sande Ramage

When people tell me they’re not religious, I’m always interested in what they mean, exactly. Once the conversation unfolds, what I often find is that they have a religious instinct but have given up the religion of their youth because…

Regret: a prayer
Creative Arts

Regret: a prayer

Posted on June 15, 2019June 15, 2019 by Sande Ramage

Prayer is a strange and fascinating process. Probably not the same for you as it is for me. Everyone has their own way and ideas about what prayer is, or isn’t. I’ve been tangling with the process since I started…

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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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