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 […]
Spirited Thoughts
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 […]
30 Years of Stroppy Women – did we make a dent?
It was 30 years since the 1988 Womens Spirituality Conference at Rangi Ruru in Christchurch. In November 2018 50 women from around New Zealand gathered in Christchurch to remember and consider what legacy is left of those times. This was one in a series of conferences for feminist women in the church and in spirituality, […]