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Category: Mythology

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…

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…

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…

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…

Rethinking organisational capture, collusion and reciprocity
Compassion

Rethinking organisational capture, collusion and reciprocity

Posted on September 23, 2018September 26, 2018 by Sande Ramage

I have a dream that spirituality and soulfulness can be creatively reimagined for our time through inspirational workplaces that take meaning making, compassion and connectedness…

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…

Out of the blue God
Bodies

Out of the blue God

Posted on July 12, 2018July 25, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Can you close the curtain? Sure. We call them the blue soundproof ones. Yeah, nah, not, it’s an illusion. (He laughs) So, what does God…

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  • The most basic and urgent challenges facing New Zealand society are not economic. They are to do with our values – those activities which give meaning and purpose in our society, our social ecology, spirituality in the broadest sense. Andrew Hornblow, 1999
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