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Welcome to 'Conversations' ... Inspiration from Aotearoa New Zealand |
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Brought to you by Silvia Purdie 
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Place Sustainability Consultancy and training
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Seminars on Ministry transitions coming up in Auckland: Tuesday 5 September in Takapuna and Wed 6 Sept in Botany.
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Fresh in this website:
I am preaching a lot, in a lot of different contexts, about climate change. So I keep adding to my Climate Theology page. Here's the latest:
What Time Are We In?
God, our changing climate, and implications for faith & mission
A workshop presented for Presbyterian Affirm, July 2023
I am preaching a lot, in a lot of different contexts, about climate change. So I keep adding to my Climate Theology page. Here's the latest:
What Time Are We In?
God, our changing climate, and implications for faith & mission
A workshop presented for Presbyterian Affirm, July 2023
A work in progress: bilingual Bible readings and prayers incorporating Te Paipera Tapu
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E te Ariki
O Lord, nāu nei i hanga you have made te rangi me te whenua the sky and the earth, te moana me ō reira mea katoa the sea and everything in them. Acts 4:24 Lord God, maker of all that is, ngā mea katoa, hear us as we pray for your creation. We praise you, we give you thanks for beauty and wonder, for the delicate balance of earth and atmosphere, te rangi me te whenua. This balance is under threat, Lord, and we pray for your sustaining power. We need you now. |
Video to help pronounce the Lord's Prayer in Māori:
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A Morning Karakia
Āta mārie, e te Ariki I greet you this new day I te pōuri, ki te ao mārama Tihei mauri ora! Your light shines in the darkness Your dawn rises, fresh every morning I entrust you with this day and I trust you with tomorrow I know you with every fibre of my being I give to you every trouble and all the people I love Aroha mai, aroha atu Homai ki a mātou te taro, te kaha, te manawanui mo tēnei rā as all glory returns to you loving Lord Amen |
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Supervision
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Safe, Empowered and Grounded: Trauma Informed Supervision
Article by Silvia Purdie, in conversation with Liz Pennington A series of short videos about professional supervision:
Youtube: 'Conversations that make a difference' Can I be your supervisor?? Call or email me to talk about it.
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'Moving On: Grief in Ministry Transition'
Over the last couple of years I have been working away at a 'passion project' reflecting on the challenges of ending ministries. This has become a book, as I have been hugely honoured that many fabulous people, from a diversity of cultures, have shared with me their own experience of ministry transitions, both personally and helping others through endings. Read more HERE |
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Video:
half hour talk on climate change and theology |
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A new page on anxiety from a Christian perspective. Understand your own and other people's stress reactions ... and tools for non-anxious living.
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What is it actually like doing direct protest action on climate change? Read a therapist's reflections in my Climate Action page.
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"Relationship Repair Kit"
offering eight practical and profoundly important tools for strengthening your marriage. - in the Counselling section. |
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Life, the Universe, and God
Six Big Ideas about Creation DOWNLOAD HERE A six-part study on God’s Creation in Christian Theology: • an overview of leading writers in eco-theology • a range of perspectives • questions and suggestions for discussion and prayer • issues raised by the Covid-19 pandemic. |
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Resources for faith and worship:
GOD ... resources for worship, especially 'Calls to worship' and confession - prayers and home-grown 'psalms' - sermons - Communion liturgies - all-age worship ideas & reflections for children's ministry PSALMS ... reflections on Biblical Psalms interpreted and reworked for prayer and for use in worship LOVE ... poetry, discussions on marriage & intimacy and dramatic explorations of Biblical love stories ... reflections on grief and death SONG ... original music, for worship and for kids ... and lots of lovely photos! 
Because I believe ... that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true! that growing to maturity in Christ takes work that courageous honesty of heart and soul is required that worship is wonderful that each person is a taonga, a treasure, no matter the age, assets or abilities that the local church is the hope of the world. |
In conversation ...
... chatting with friends over coffee ... skilled professional support ... finding words for the moments and movements of mind & body, my spirit alive with God-Spirit ... getting to know Jesus Christ, ever curious as to what he would say and do ... bringing every fibre and phrase into the eternal conversation of Father Spirit Son ... with my people in my place and offered to everyplace ... with pain and with celebration, with beauty and with scars, with the sacred and the ordinary, with scripture, song and silence. All material here is copy-right free; you are free to copy and paste to your heart's content. I just ask that you acknowledge the source and help promote my website.
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Photo and painting by Jessica Ramage
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