All invited to a Virtual Theology Chat on Zoom Third Thursday of the month 7pm
15 August Ms Tilly Flood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUSbvvnsvpY
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18 July The Revd Ruihana Paenga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9KFUvoaEEA
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20 June 2024 Mrs Quandolita Reid Enari, from Samoa,
The eldest of 6 siblings and a twin, Quandolita hails from Samoa. She is a teacher by profession. She is married with 3 children, 2 boys (ages 22 & 19) and 1 girl (aged 9). She was born, baptized, confirmed and married in the Anglican faith. She has served the church from a young age in the Sunday School, as an acolyte, a Youth member, Vestry Secretary, AAW Treasurer, Lay Synod Rep for the Diocese of Polynesia, Archdeaconry Secretary/Treasurer, MCM Coordinator for Samoa, a Link for the AWSC, and recently the Overseas and Outreach Coordinator for the Diocese of Polynesia AAW, and as a Councillor for the AWSC.
She believes that in life there are challenges, and no challenge cannot be solved when you are with God. God sets the impossible to a greater possibilities. Through this she has continued to believe that: “Winners never quit! Quitters never win”! You can never win if you are a quitter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCg9EdtSQR0
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16 May Dr Jane Simpson tells the story of the genesis of Shaking the Apple Tree– ‘poems that dare to rage against a hidden’crucifixion’, the unholy stations of hurt that women have encountered behind church doors…’ (Tracey Slaughter).
Jane reads some of these powerful poems and responds to comments and questions from the audience.
18 April Ms Jess Hall How Then Shall We Bleed?
A theological musing on how we might creatively re-engage the experience of menstruation if we do in fact affirm that God made the body good.
In both the Judeo-Christian tradition and Western culture, pervasive stigmas attach to the lived experience of menstruation. Historically, these stigmas have characterised women’s bleeding as a barrier to human flourishing, and as a threat to the sacred. And yet, don’t we also believe that God made the whole human person good? Aren’t bodies a central part of God’s plan for salvation? How would we bleed differently, if we affirmed this central story over and against the narrative of stigma? In this presentation I explore a positive dialogue between menstruation and theology, arguing that menstruation can be a productive site for theological reflection and action.
Jess Hall is an art-maker and theological thinker. Her love for theology grows daily as she seeks to discover the fingerprints of the Divine on all aspects of life; in particular the female body, which has been disproportionately sliced and diced in the Christian tradition. Jess holds a BTh from Laidlaw College and a PGDip from the University of Otago, where her postgraduate dissertation centred around menstruation as a productive site for doing theology.
read Jess’ thesis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RGzBOyj6ew&t=28s
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21 March The Revd Deb Cole: Lovely Discomfort and Danger :Deb Cole listens to Nick Cave, Marcella Althaus-Reid and Jesus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUSMCugV_H8
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2023 Virtual Theology Chats
with Anglican Women’s Studies Centre 7pm – 8pm Third Thursday of the month , by Zoom
The 4th year of Virtual Theology Chats has been exciting and varied.
Thursday 16 February 2023 Ms Cassandra Burton-Wood
Cassandra describes how to run a successful and productive writing retreat. What do we need to consider? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPCzhV7vstA&t=40s
Thursday 16 March 2023 The Revd Sue Paton Feminist theology and ecofeminist theology are not simply fresh and challenging ways to consider God and theology, but are attempts to overhaul the Christian establishment’s patriarchally-infused orthodoxy. Why is ecofeminist theology a study that all who practise spirituality should consider?
Thursday 20 April 2023 Dr Jennifer Lewis. International scholar, Jennifer Lewis , was based in New Zealand for some time this year. Here, she explores the significance of Julian of Norwich for today.Contemplative, Feminist, and Faith-full: Creating Contemplative Learning Communities with Julian of Norwich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iatcendm0bg
Thursday 18 May 2023 Galumalemana Bolivia Smith Lalagaina o la’u malaga (Weaving my Journey) “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2: 10
Bolivia tells of the people, influences and experiences which took her on a circuitous journey towards leadership in the church and in her professional life.
Thursday 15 June 2023 The Revd Dr Nyasha Gumbeze
Nyasha ) attended a course at St Georges College, Jerusalem, and travelled parts of the Holy Land.
What did she learn?
hursday 20 July 2023 Lissy Robinson Cole and Rudi Robinson
Artists Lissy Robinson-Cole (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Kahu) and Rudi Robinson (Ngāti Paoa, Ngaruahine, Ngāti Makirangi, Ngāti Tu) have been using their creative energies to explore mātauranga Māori and their personal whakapapa through crocheted sculptural forms over the past eight years.
Their mahi brings together bright, neon colours and traditional toi whakairo shapes to offer a new way of understanding the importance of joy and aroha within te aō Māori.
Thursday 17 August The Revd Deb Cole
“Ko te puawaitanga o ngā moemoeā, me whakamihi’ (Princess Te Kirihaehae Te Puea hērangi) Dreams become a reality when we take action. Deb Cole is studying the effects of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, based on research and her own whanau experience. What has she discovered along the way?
Thursday 21 Sept 2023 The Revd Mere Wallace Te Orange Ake
Our theology begins from Aroha, which is love, which is best described in the Bible in the saying of Jesus: “I came so that you might live.” This life grows from the love that Christ introduced for us as a people. It is also about Rongo, which is peace. How do we become peaceful? And it’s around Hari, which is joy. To live our best lives using a theological practice, what do we need to do?
Thursday 19 October 2023 Dr Miryam Clough Miryam is a resident scholar and adjunct pouako at Ōrongonui, the regional ministry training programme of Te Hui Amorangi ki Te Tai Tokerau. Her research explores the intersection of shame and various types of violence, both overt and subtle, particularly as they impact on those marginalised by dominant cultures.