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Blood, Bellies, and Breasts: A Theology of the Womb

November 29, 2022

Join Jess Hall and Bridie Marsden-Boyd for a Review and Discussion of Bauman’s Theology of the Womb, introduced by Ceridwyn Parr, Administrator of Anglican Women's Studies Centre https://youtu.be/Tp840NErkpo Women’s bodies tell and re-tell the story of divine activity through their many rhythmic and cyclic processes; bleeding, birthing, growing, creating, holding, and dying. In this work, Bauman comprehensively investigates the implications of believing that the body, and in this case the female body, is a site of revelation. What results is a disarming read of intelligent and intimate proportions, which invites every reader to consider how their body tells God’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gatherings - in person and online, Pakeha, Reflections, Virtual Theology Chat, Young Voices Tagged With: Theology of the Womb

Virtual Theology Chats -what’s coming up?

July 28, 2022

with Anglican Women’s Studies Centre 7pm – 8pm Third Thursday of the month , by Zoom https://anglicanchurch-nz.zoom.us/j/94599431152?pwd=U0Q4NG9DM1FhVU5OOTVmQjh1bERvUT09 Thursday 18 August 2022 7pm   Annette Cater We just try to be better The Revd Annette Cater, BA BTh At 41, Annette has just been appointed Vicar of St James, Lower Hutt. She is pleased that her daughter can now see women in leadership in the church, but believes there is still work to be done in society and in the church  Thursday 22 Sept 2022 7pm Kelera Oli works in Suva and throughout Fiji I specialize in climate change and health impacts of climate change and health. 'I am the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gatherings - in person and online, Pakeha, Pasefika, Reflections, Virtual Theology Chat, Womens Stories, Talanoa Tagged With: Kelera Oli, Sepi Hala'api'api

 Interconnections: Women and Earth in Scripture

February 9, 2022

Dr Emily Colgan  Emily Colgan looks at ecological interpretations of scripture   https://youtu.be/eCH0At1BlcQ What kind of world is the text inviting us to inhabit? Does this world embody the imperatives of justice and compassion? Listen as Emily outlines the dualisms revealed in scripture, and how the conceptualising of earth as female has shaped Christian thinking. https://youtu.be/eCH0At1BlcQ Emily’s research focuses on the relationship between the Bible and contemporary social imaginaries, asking about the ways in which biblical texts interact with communities in the present. She is particularly interested in ecological representations within the Bible … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gatherings - in person and online, Reflections, Virtual Theology Chat Tagged With: Bible, climate change, Emily Colgan

Sacred Kingfisher

November 14, 2021

Advent Reflection by Maranu Gascoigne Kaitiaki, St. Isaacs Retreat House. November 2021 photo; Fabian Moller unsplash Before you read on please pause a moment or two and notice your breath. Take time to really feel and notice the breath breathing within you. Go a step further and notice that you have no control over this breath, this ruach (breath) of God is breathing in you. There will always be situations that choke, suffocate or diminish our Qi (chi) vital life force. Can you recall a moment when you have been winded and gasped the words, ‘I can’t breathe’. Much has been written during the past year, whether its ‘I can’t  breathe’ because someone has their foot on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Liturgical Resources, Reflections Tagged With: Advent, Gerard Manly Hopkins, kingfisher, Maranu Gascoigne

Can I live a sustainable life?

October 11, 2021

Deb Cole responds to Jacqui Paterson, Virtual Theology Chat: Crisis? What crisis? . Thoughts from Rev Jacqui Patterson’s reflection on Sustainable Development 16.09.2021 Deb Cole Sustainable Development –  ‘Jesus is the master of the creator universe and of human history.  He is the one in control of all … upon which the physical cosmos depends … that is the theological meaning of scientific and technological enterprise. (Science and technology) have always presented themselves as the instruments for solving human problems, though without its theological context it becomes idolatrous and goes mad.[1] From a Christian perspective one has confidence in the absolute belief in God as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gatherings - in person and online, Maori, Reflections, Virtual Theology Chat

Hope is the melody of the future; faith is dancing in that melody right now

July 13, 2021

Blythe Cody Existing in the space of liminality can be disorienting, scary and lonely. It is a bit like being dropped in the wilderness with no map, no compass and no idea how to get back to civilization. Anne Franks and John Meteyard. “Liminality: The Transforming Grace of In-Between Places, Hope is the melody of the future; faith is dancing in that melody right now.[1] I am not a big fan of change. I recently moved house and was reminded again of how much I dislike the disruption of life; the change of what has become comfortable for what is unfamiliar and strange. I still go to the wrong side of the kitchen to find the microwave; and there are boxes in my garage filled with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Pakeha, Reflections, Waikato, Womens Stories, Talanoa Tagged With: Blythe Cody, change, God, lament, Liminality, threshold

Towards a Theology of Land, with Jekheli Singh

July 13, 2021

photo by Sharad Kumar Rev Dr Jekheli Kibami-Singh - Leviticus, Land & Jubilee. Presented to the Tikanga Pakeha Ministry Council, May 2021. https://youtube/wIBfiBQXOZI Jekheli Singh is a tribal Christian woman from Nagaland in the North East of India. She came to New Zealand about 15 years ago, and is currently vicar of Te Kuiti. In this talk about the theology of land, she incudes Biblical theology, God the Creator, Land and identity, land as Go’s gift to be shared, and land as new community. She references Leviticus: 25and the concept of Jubilee. Used with permission from Stephen Black, Diocese of Waikato … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Pakeha, Reflections, Waikato

Out of the Blue: A guide through the journey of grief and healing

June 9, 2021

Mary Redmayne ©Mary Redmayne Self-publishing a book, by Mary Redmayne Leaning on God through the painful journey of grief “The journey of grief can be terribly hard. So painful.”[1] The sudden loss of a loved one – especially one’s child or grandchild - is a bitter, protracted agony. Three years ago, my grandson died suddenly. Out of the blue. And the world, life, and the future changed for so many people. Here in New Zealand, there are, tragically, many healthy young lives lost suddenly and unnecessarily. “We don’t learn how we should handle such a loss of a loved one or close friend. It fills our life with no warning, with a wail, disbelief, confusion, despair. With … [Read more...]

Filed Under: publications, Reflections, Resources, Womens Stories, Talanoa Tagged With: death, grief, Mary Redmayne, prayer, self-publishing

Thinking theologically about the Pandemic

January 21, 2021

CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY IN THE MIDST OF COVID-19 https://unsplash.com/@thecreative_exchange COVID-19 changed our lives suddenly and dramatically. As the crisis unfolded, immediate responses at individual, community, national and international levels naturally focussed on the actions needed to treat the sick, limit the spread of the infection and bring it under control, care for those who were particularly vulnerable, manage the economic impact of the pandemic, and so forth. At the same time, many people’s time and energy were consumed by sudden and major changes to working and domestic life, combined with the personal impact of the pandemic on them and their loved ones. For … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Liturgical Resources, Reflections Tagged With: theological questions

Prayer among the Pandemic, with Podcasts

January 20, 2021

Pandemics and Plagues have been part of the Christian story from the beginning. Discover some podcasts which talk of Catherine of Sienna, Julian of Norwich and Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz and many others, and learn how they coped in times of plague and sickness. Catherine of Siena Catherine of Siena was born a year before the Black Death Much of Catherine of Siena’s life was defined by sickness and plagues. The future saint was born in 1347. The next year, the Black Death began—an epidemic that killed more than 20 million people over the next five years. Despite growing up surrounded by death, Catherine was unafraid. When a plague struck again less than two decades later, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Liturgical Resources, Reflections, Resources, Womens Stories, Talanoa Tagged With: Catherine of Siena, Julian of Norwich, Plague, So Juana de la Cruz

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