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A Prayer of Thanks for Libraries and Librarians By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Fountain of Wisdom, we, along those who responded to this poll, give thanks for and strongly value the public libraries in our communities for promoting literacy and improving the overall quality of…
A Prayer for the Homeless in Minot, North Dakota By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Thousands of people have lost their homes to flooding in Minot, North Dakota, as the Souris River has spilled over dikes and levees. Photographs show the widespread devastation caused by this natura…
A Prayer for Victims and Families of the Turkish Mine Disaster By Frederic Brussat Blog Post An explosion and fire at a coal mine in Soma, in western Turkey, on May 13, 2014, has become the country's worst industrial disaster. The death toll now stands at 301 after the last two bodies of mi…
Tell Me Your World: Why Are Humans Drawn to Stories? By KidSpirit Online Blog Post By Abraham Weitzman for Kidspirit's Storytelling and Narative Issue. I have one grandparent, my Papa Dan. He tells my family stories all the time. Most of his stories come from his decades of …
Moving Less, Staying Rooted By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Americans are not moving as much as they did in the past. They are staying in the same house for years on end. Henry Grabar reported in an article on Slate that just 11% percent of the U.S. populati…
Prayer for Mexicans Who Have Died in the American Desert By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post A powerful documentary in the PBS series "Independent Lens" titled The Undocumented, directed by Marco Williams, focuses on efforts to identify the 200 Mexicans each year who die while making the cr…
Ever Deeper: A Poem for My Grandfather By KidSpirit Online Blog Post By Will Hodgkinson for KidSpirit's Heritage Issue. A shimmering pool of knowledge; Scintillating wisdom — foraged from 85 fecund years
A Prayer to Quit Protecting Handguns Before Protecting Children By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Great Heart of Love, help us to do everything possible to stop the senseless deaths of children who often have easy access to guns in the home. Fact: Every day, an average of 20 American children…
Daily Mitzvah By KidSpirit Online Blog Post By Kushan Mehta Religion in my household is very interesting. When you approach my apartment you will be greeted by a “Happy Hanukkah” floor mat. Then, one of the first things you see when yo…
"F" is for Forgiveness By Patricia Adams Farmer Blog Post "Forgiveness is the only way to free ourselves from the entrapment of the past." — Richard Rohr I was recently approached by a young mother who told me that she was having trouble with f…

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