Category Archives: pastor

  1. The Sacrament of Breastfeeding #2: Sung and Suckled Eucharist

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    18 June 2013 by not a wild hera

    ‘That’s going straight to the blog!’ Miriam predicted as we walked out of the church service on Sunday. We had …
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    Category: Bible, breastfeeding, church, communion, feminism, godparents, kids, motherhood, pastor, preaching, spirituality, toddlers, working mothers | Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

  2. Pentecost Is, Like, For Everyone

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    18 May 2013 by not a wild hera

    Lord, Holy Spirit, You blow like the wind in a thousand paddocks, Inside and outside the fences, You blow where …
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    Category: arts, Bible, church, church calendar, community, kids, language, pastor, Pentecost, preaching, sexism, social justice, spirituality | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  3. How It Is #9: Live Edition

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    17 May 2013 by not a wild hera

    The writer Dorothy Parker famously said ‘I hate writing. I like having written.’ On Saturday night I said to Jody, …
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    Category: Bible, church, communication, depression, motherhood, pastor, preaching, spirituality | Tags: , , , , ,

  4. Should We Just Abandon Mothers’ Day?

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    11 May 2013 by not a wild hera

    Mothers’ Day: a day for great ambivalence. (And yeah, that’s where I put the apostrophe, as the best of the …
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    Category: church, community, consumerism, culture, grief, home, infertility, kids, motherhood, music, pastor, rant, video | Tags:

  5. Sacraparental Live: North Porirua Baptist

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    10 May 2013 by not a wild hera

    This Sunday is Mothers’ Day in New Zealand, and I’ve been invited to speak on postnatal depression at North Porirua …
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    Category: church, depression, motherhood, pastor, preaching, spirituality | Tags: , ,

  6. The Sacrament of Breastfeeding #1: Slow Food

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    24 April 2013 by not a wild hera

    Breastfeeding as a spiritual practice: yes. I appreciated this article by American minister Courtney Belcher Ellis. Like, dare I say, …
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    Category: babies, breastfeeding, feminism, food, motherhood, parental leave, pastor, prayer, self-care, spiritual practices, spirituality, the daily office, working mothers | Tags: ,

  7. Not Only A Father #4: Speaking the Unspeakable [Guest]

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    20 April 2013 by not a wild hera

    Speaking the unspeakable: mother-language before the reformation People I talk with about using motherly language and pictures to talk about …
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    Category: childbirth, communication, fatherhood, feminism, gendered language, kids and spirituality, language, motherhood, pastor, spirituality | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

  8. God, Kids and Parents: Call for Questions

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    8 April 2013 by not a wild hera

    You may have spotted Michael/SKATERAK’s comment on Tim’s first Not Only A Father post. It reads: This will definitely be …
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    Category: Advent, church, church calendar, communicating with kids, Easter, godparents, home, kids, kids and spirituality, language, parenting, pastor, prayer, school, social justice, spiritual practices, spirituality | Tags: , ,

  9. Not Only A Father #1: What’s Wrong with this Picture? [Guest]

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    1 April 2013 by not a wild hera

    Introducing Dr Tim Bulkeley, who taught me everything I know about the Old Testament! Tim has been a social worker …
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    Category: Bible, books, communication, culture, fatherhood, feminism, gendered language, language, motherhood, pastor, spirituality | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

  10. Service of the Shadows

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    28 March 2013 by not a wild hera

    Sadly, I’m not at the Service of the Shadows at West Baptist tonight. Sitting in a dark church, lit by …
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    Category: arts, Bible, church calendar, Easter, grief, lament, pastor, spirituality | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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