Category Archives: spirituality

  1. 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: pastor, spirituality, kids, community, social justice, sexism, preaching, church, language, arts, church calendar, Bible, Pentecost | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  2. 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: , , , , ,

  3. 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:

  4. 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: , ,

  5. Single #3: Richness and Roughness [Guest]

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    6 May 2013 by not a wild hera

    An anonymous reflection from a regular reader. Being in a minority is tough. It can be very painful trying to …
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    Category: Bible, books, community, friends, movies, refugees, singleness, social exclusion, spirituality | Tags: , , , ,

  6. Not Only A Father #5: Knowing the Unknowable [Guest]

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    28 April 2013 by not a wild hera

    Theology is only real when we live it. So chapter 6 of Not Only a Father tries to suggest ways …
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    Category: Bible, church, communication, culture, feminism, gendered language, home, language, motherhood, music, spirituality, working mothers | Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

  7. God, Kids and Parents: Rod Robson [Guest]

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    25 April 2013 by not a wild hera

    ‘The short answer to how to raise a child in the faith is to live it out openly in front …
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    Category: Bible, church, communicating with kids, education, emotional well-being, fatherhood, generosity, kids, kids and spirituality, parenting, school, social justice, spirituality, teenagers | Tags: , , , ,

  8. 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: ,

  9. Education and Schooling #10: Special

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    23 April 2013 by not a wild hera

    It is a legal right in New Zealand for all children to have free education that meets their needs. This …
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    Category: blogging, community, education, generosity, kids, money, school, special education, video | Tags: , , , ,

  10. 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: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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