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A Torch and A Thermos (an allegory): Spiritual speleologist Anam Cara goes in search of a more woman-inclusive God

May 8, 2023

Kia ora! Talofa! Malo e lelei! Hi! My name is Anam Cara and I absolutely love exploring.  I’m a spiritual speleologist who delights in navigating spiritual landscapes, squeezing into caverns and grottoes where refreshing ideas are lurking. Would you like to join me on my next adventure? Until recently I’ve been camping out with a group of like-minded people near the Forest of Certainty, a softly undulating paddock populated with rows of pinus radiata and native seedlings. It’s also known as the Forest of Order. Bordering this is our campsite, protected from the wind by dense foliage.  I came across an early map, drawn decades ago by a cartographer called Fowler, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christchurch, Pakeha, Reflections, Womens Stories, Talanoa Tagged With: megan Blakie, Spiritual Direction

Ways of Knowing

April 17, 2023

Women in and around Christchurch : you are warmly invited to Ways of Knowing  on 21 April.  Interactive sessions includeWays of Knowing God through ArtInterior Ways of KnowingBridging the Gap across TikangaPlease register anglicanwomenstudies@gmail.comThe AWSC Council and LINKS  will be present ,and look forward to meeting other women,  of our three tikanga. Council and LINKS will be staying at St Margaret's College, and will continue to meet on 22 April. Please contact Ceridwyn the administrator with any queries. anglicanwomenstudies@gmail.com … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christchurch, Council and Link Meetings, Dioceses, Gatherings - in person and online, Maori, Our Hui, Pakeha, Pasefika Tagged With: Kofe Havea, Miriam Fisher, St MArgaret's College, Susan Gill

Welcome Bridie- new Councillor for AWSC!

May 4, 2022

Kia Ora! My name is Bridie Marsden-Boyd and I am super excited to be the new Tikanga Pakeha Councillor Bridie Marsden-Boyd I have been a proud advocate for women for many years, having run workshops on the feminine divine, raised up young women to leadership in Church and been a delegate to UNSCW to name a few. I have a strong passion for theology- and am a perpetual student who never left uni! At the moment I am completing a Masters in Chaplaincy focusing on rituals. I live in Otautahi,  Te Waipounamu with my lovely husband, gorgeous chickens and a very naughty but endearing puppy called Theodore (Teddy).  Bridie is one of the two Council members for tikanga Pakeha, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christchurch, New Appointments, Pakeha Tagged With: Bridie Marsden-Boyd, feminine divine, UNCSW

Touching the sacred / serving the city

September 27, 2021

St Luke’s Chaplain to the Inner City Anglican Diocese of Christchurch Christchurch art Photo: Unsplash Have you a creative spirit with a zest for life, want a new challenge and a sense of adventure? Have you a heart for inner city ministry and would be excited at the possibility of engaging with the people and the life of the city? Are you an ordained Anglican priest or deacon in good standing in the Anglican Communion?* If so, you are invited to make an application for the newly created position of St Luke’s Chaplain to the Inner City based at Christchurch Cathedral, and if appointed will - Be part of the praying community of the Ministry Team of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christchurch, New Appointments

Congratulations, Steph!

June 30, 2021

Stephanie Clay, Christchurch The Revd Stephanie Clay is the Link representative for Christchurch DIocese, for the Anglican Women's Studies Centre. She begins her new position as Chaplain at St Margaret's College in Christchurch In July. https://www.anglicantaonga.org.nz/features/extra/stmags_chaplain … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christchurch, Dioceses, New Appointments, Pakeha

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