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Category: Spirituality in Health

Support for the End of Life Choice Bill
Bodies

Support for the End of Life Choice Bill

Posted on February 18, 2018April 10, 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…

Losing our religion could reinvigorate faith in healthcare
Spirituality in Health

Losing our religion could reinvigorate faith in healthcare

Posted on July 30, 2017December 6, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Kiwis are losing their in record numbers but they’re leaning into life in diverse ways, which would make complete sense to the late theologian James Fowler. After interviewing nearly 600 people, not a bad sample for any research, Folwer reckoned faith is…

Turning compassion fatigue upside down
Art

Turning compassion fatigue upside down

Posted on June 5, 2017January 30, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Research is all very well, but what if the results force you to rethink existing beliefs and behaviours? I’ve just been challenged like that about a compassion course I co-tutor. The course emerged out of hospital corridor conversations where staff…

Abortion, Godde and spiritual development
Abortion

Abortion, Godde and spiritual development

Posted on May 7, 2017March 9, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Pregnant, yet deep within I knew I couldn’t give this baby life. The decision was made to abort and back then, over 30 years ago, I was unaware of how this experience would influence my spiritual development. Now in my…

Unmixed attention: the lifeblood of professional spiritual care
Faith

Unmixed attention: the lifeblood of professional spiritual care

Posted on February 19, 2017January 30, 2018 by Sande Ramage

The conversation had rippled and sparkled. My doctor friend and I juggled theological ideas as they tumbled out and into the space between us. But as he got up to leave my heart sank. ‘Oh no’, I thought, ‘after all…

Hooking up with Theo, again
Church

Hooking up with Theo, again

Posted on January 23, 2017January 30, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Did you ever have a first love that you couldn’t leave behind? Whatever new friends you made, you just wanted that connection so much, even though it was hard to figure out what it was all about, exactly? Theo and…

Divine dance partners: theology, compassion and interconnectedness in health
Books

Divine dance partners: theology, compassion and interconnectedness in health

Posted on January 8, 2017January 30, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Reading Divine Dance: the Trinity and Your Transformation reconnected me with the insightful 20th century Trinity of The Matrix movie when she announced to the chosen, but reluctant Neo that ‘it’s the question driving us’. Like, everyone, he faced the…

Compassionate healthcare is not the easy option
Compassion

Compassionate healthcare is not the easy option

Posted on July 25, 2016January 30, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Compassion is a hot topic. A quick Google search throws up over 87 million references. Healthcare providers are increasingly promoting it as central to care. Yet, until recently, it has been ‘one of the most referenced yet poorly understood elements…

Reflection on Spirituality Demystified: Understanding Spirituality in Rational Terms
Books

Reflection on Spirituality Demystified: Understanding Spirituality in Rational Terms

Posted on December 6, 2015January 30, 2018 by Sande Ramage

I didn’t expect to find myself humming the old hymn Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise at the launch of Spirituality Demystified: Understanding Spirituality in Rational Terms. But, as I listened to Rohana Ulluwishewa talk about our inner and outer realities…

Hospital Chaplains too Christian for Nones?
Death and Dying

Hospital Chaplains too Christian for Nones?

Posted on August 31, 2015February 7, 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…

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