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On fire with desire
Sexuality

On fire with desire

Posted on September 23, 2012January 30, 2018 by Sande Ramage

I heard about a kid who used to burn palm crosses whenever sex sauntered across his mind.  He was confused about one of the most powerful drivers in his life.  He’s not alone in that confusion. Whether you’re a princess,…

Getting to grips with space
Church

Getting to grips with space

Posted on September 9, 2012February 11, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Just because your life’s fallen down doesn’t mean there’s nothing left I thought as I gazed at the skeleton of Knox Presbyterian Church in Christchurch. Instead of being desolate, this space had a stark kind of beauty. On the whole,…

Grand designs beyond belief
Art

Grand designs beyond belief

Posted on August 14, 2012January 30, 2018 by Sande Ramage

The man in the window seat smiled and nodded in that nonchalant, introverted way we Kiwis cultivate as I sat down and buckled my seat belt.  Minutes later he turned extrovert as he launched into the saga of his house…

Whanganui DHB natural therapies trial courageous
Spirituality

Whanganui DHB natural therapies trial courageous

Posted on July 29, 2012January 30, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Warm and fuzzy media headlines are the order of the day when Police dogs or All Blacks visit hospital patients. Try introducing a trial of natural therapies like Whanganui District Health Board is doing and the headlines become accusatory and…

Knights in common
Church

Knights in common

Posted on July 20, 2012February 7, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Professor Sir Mason Durie is a seasoned presenter.  One slide with three points and he had the standing room only crowd in his hand at Vaughan Park Anglican Retreat Centre.  We were a willing audience having gathered to hear his…

Bishop Justin will need fancy footwork
Church

Bishop Justin will need fancy footwork

Posted on July 6, 2012January 30, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Cathedral high holy days are like magnificent theatrical productions but you need to be able to see the action to appreciate them. Squashed in just beyond the choir and slightly short of the sanctuary, my view of the ordination of…

Teenage self-harm may be spiritual awakening
Art

Teenage self-harm may be spiritual awakening

Posted on May 20, 2012February 4, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Nearly 50% of Wellington teenagers purposefully harm themselves before they turn 18.  They cut burn and scratch themselves with nails, glass, sandpaper or other implements and sometimes break their own bones. This mutilation is frightening for teachers and parents.  It…

Art

Mysticism: the art of assuming nothing

Posted on May 12, 2012January 30, 2018 by Sande Ramage

‘What do you think of this?’ asked my friend.  My first glance at the screw sliced in half then separated and held together with a needle hooked me.  It was Richard Frater’s perplexing piece in Assume Nothing an Auckland exhibition. As…

Anzac Day Amnesia
ANZAC

Anzac Day Amnesia

Posted on April 28, 2012February 11, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Archibald Baxter is a hero to me.  I remember him on every Anzac Day. It’s my way of saying that his story, marked by brutality and torture after he refused to fight in World War I, is a vital missing…

Cardboard cathedral’s impermanence has promise
Church

Cardboard cathedral’s impermanence has promise

Posted on April 19, 2012January 30, 2018 by Sande Ramage

Christchurch’s interim cardboard cathedral is not all cardboard and may well last over 50 years but that’s not the point.  It’s the sense of impermanence that has promise. Cathedrals tend to play down impermanence, opting instead for solid and imposing,…

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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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