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What are we trying to do…

We are passionate about networking to make the world a better place, and believe that paying attention to our spirituality, our soulfulness is an important part of that.
We recognise the need for radical change to address inequality, climate change, irrelevant religious leaders, Universal Basic Income and more.
We believe that the institutional Religion has largely absented itself from conversations and actions around these issues.  We have not given up hope that soulfulness and a sense of the sacred might be rekindled as a force for personal, societal and environmental change, and that women have a special role in showing leadership in this.

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  • Rosemary Neave - Christchurch, Canterbury rosemary@spiritednz.com
  • Sande Ramage in Palmerston North  Spirited Crone Website  sande.ramage@gmail.com  Facebook
  • More contributors welcome....

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 This is a place to post and discuss, to build online community.
You can engage on the comments to articles and on Facebook and Twitter.  We will try and respond. Essentially we are trying to build an online community, but sometimes there will be meetings face to face - watch this space...

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Marilyn-Yurjevich

Spirituality’s Relevance to Sustainability

December 29, 2020 By Rosemary Neave Leave a Comment

by Marilyn Yurjevich (a garden snail variety lay Catholic passionately concerned about Planet Earth) This essay explores links between spirituality and sustainability – the nature of spirituality and non-spirituality, whether spirituality is the preserve of believers in God or not, its effects on people, major religions’ stance on sustainability, the effects of post-Christian society coinciding […]

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Anne Powell Blessing

December 28, 2020 By Rosemary Neave Leave a Comment

May the soft light at the end of the day, heal you.May the purr of the sea on the shells of the beach, heal you.May the dance of the wind on the grasses of the dunes, heal you.May the Maker of water and air and fire, heal us, all who walk the earth. Amen Anne […]

Will you Join the Conversation ?

October 21, 2020 By Rosemary Neave 2 Comments

Braided – Te Awa WhiriaConversations about Spiritual Wellbeing in Ōtautahi Christchurch 28 November 9.30-4pm Aldersgate Centre Christchurchhttp://spiritednz.com/braided/ “Spirituality matters because it’s about people making meaning, purpose and connections” suggests Lucy who works in public health. Darryn is a Methodist minister and works on the streets of Christchurch, for him “Spirituality encompasses our ‘being” and is […]

Into the Darkness – will I ever come out?

July 5, 2019 By Rosemary Neave Leave a Comment

in 2013 I wrote this for a piece at mid winter service at St Matthews in the City in Auckland about depression and embracing the darker side of ourselves. It reappeared on Facebook, and several people commented, so here is is on Spiritednz.com Will I ever come out of the darkness of Depression… It was […]

Where will it all end? A Letter from Sri Lanka

May 18, 2019 By Rosemary Neave Leave a Comment

For those who would like to know more about what is happening in Sri Lanka. A friend I have made over the internet who runs an accommodation business in Sri Lanka has written this. As if Easter Sunday 2019 wasn’t bad enough, we had a response that was stereotypical of the J. R. Jayewardene era […]

Let it be – Touching the Sacred

March 10, 2019 By Rosemary Neave 6 Comments

A new service for the Christchurch Transitional Cathedral… written by Josie McNee A group of people recently gathered with Christchurch Cathedral Dean Lawrence Kimberley to reflect on how those presently disconnected from the Church could find a place to touch the sacred. Josie McNee and Rosemary Neave were part of this. First of all, we got thinking about prayer at night… Not evensong, but […]

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Rosemary Neave: rosemary@spiritednz.com
Sande Ramage: sande.ramage@gmail.com

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