Letter published in The Press 29 June 2021 There is something deeply systemically wrong in New Zealand. On the one hand we have the heartfelt outpouring of support after March 15, student armies who mobilise to help farmers, and people donating to buy the new regional park Te Ahu Pātiki. This is us. On the […]
Spirited Thoughts
Spirituality’s Relevance to Sustainability
Readers of this 2022 Version of this essay will realize that I am a believer, though neither a theologian nor a reverend, or a right-wing conservative or a fundamentalist. Others more qualified about matters spiritual, however, have critiqued this essay. Marilyn Yurjevich (a garden snail variety lay Catholic passionately concerned about Planet Earth) Scroll down […]
Into the Darkness – will I ever come out?
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
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 […]
On Leaving the Church (again)
Rosemary Neave October 2018 An Open Letter to St Matthews… I was in St Matthews in the City on Sunday. As is my custom, I had delayed my flight back to Christchurch so I could attend. St Matthews was the last refuge for me, a place unashamed of being progressive, a place where questioning and […]