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Trusting the snake
Jungian themes

Trusting the snake

Posted on 20 May 202120 May 2021 by Sande Ramage

When Meghan and Harry headlined on Oprah about their struggles in the royal enclosure, it was like stepping into the Garden of Eden. The never-ending story of needing to grow into a new reality. Although the furore around the Duke…

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 9 May 20219 May 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…

Truth sets us free
Jungian themes

Truth sets us free

Posted on 14 March 202114 March 2021 by Sande Ramage

Going the extra mile was mandatory when I was an over-helper. It made me feel good. No longer. Years in pastoral care have trained me to do less rather than more. To encourage people to be experts in their own…

Secular priest: research or consecration?
Church

Secular priest: research or consecration?

Posted on 31 January 202131 January 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 12 January 202112 January 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…

Mary the Creatrix
Christmas

Mary the Creatrix

Posted on 21 December 202021 December 2020 by Sande Ramage

If I was producing a nativity play, I’d pick a young black American woman called Orpah to play Mary. You probably know her as Oprah Winfrey through her television talk shows, Oprah and Oprah Soul Sundays. Vanity Fair magazine said…

The soulfulness of boots, books and Bluck
Church

The soulfulness of boots, books and Bluck

Posted on 14 December 202017 December 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…

Nothing out there, but..
Creative Arts

Nothing out there, but..

Posted on 13 December 202013 December 2020 by Sande Ramage

What humans mean by Godde is always up for debate from an intellectual perspective. But that’s not all there is to it. Our own intuitive experience is essential in this process of meaning making. In that process, questions about the…

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 8 November 202015 November 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…

Soul archaeology: redoing the jigsaw puzzle
Dreams

Soul archaeology: redoing the jigsaw puzzle

Posted on 26 October 202026 October 2020 by Sande Ramage

When my mum said not to rush into things, I suspect she didn’t mean leaving 58 years between one piano lesson and another. But life slips away. One minute I’m a timid eight year old petrified of my teacher and…

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