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Category: Theology

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…

Reality Bites: what use is the priest in contemporary New Zealand?
Church

Reality Bites: what use is the priest in contemporary New Zealand?

Posted on May 9, 2021May 9, 2021 by Sande Ramage

Many of us live in a world without recourse to a god who bounces in and out of history at will or on demand. We have to take it straight, with no hope of eventual paradise.  And salvation, if indeed…

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…

Disruptive women re-forming tradition
Christmas

Disruptive women re-forming tradition

Posted on January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 by Sande Ramage

Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland and lifelong Catholic, is religiously disruptive. She says that people are tired of ‘old men trying to beat the drum of obedience, being obedient to teaching that is long past its sell-by date and…

The soulfulness of boots, books and Bluck
Church

The soulfulness of boots, books and Bluck

Posted on December 14, 2020December 17, 2020 by Sande Ramage

You might not immediately associate RM Williams’ boots with soul but for me they’re a potent symbol of the need to be grounded. To prioritise soulfulness over spiritual flights of fancy. Trading in my old pair was something of a…

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…

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…

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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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