Posted by KidSpirit Online on January 20, 2026

Cover artwork by Monica Jiménez Ortigoza, age 17, Paraguay
Written by Fiorella Belén Alfonso Aldama, age 15, Paraguay

When we’re surrounded by a gray community, we have two options: be one of the crowd or make a difference by blooming with color.

Life gives us different opportunities to choose how to live, . . .

Posted by KidSpirit Online on January 6, 2026

They say high school is supposed to be the time of your life, the place where friendships bloom, memories are made, and everything feels possible. But for me, it began with a quiet kind of unraveling.

Two weeks in, I told myself I was thriving. . . .

Posted by KidSpirit Online on December 24, 2025

I dream

That the snow . . .

Posted by KidSpirit Online on December 9, 2025

Artwork by Liz Fabiola Galeano Roa, age 16, Paraguay
Written by Finnegan Fox Kelly, age 16, Brooklyn, New York

I have been raised in the United States.

Most people here grew up in an Abrahamic-religious context, . . .

Posted by KidSpirit Online on November 25, 2025

Art by Fatima Faisal
Written by Isabel Zhang, Australia

Most of my early years were spent in the care of my grandparents.

It was in their small backyard garden that I first learned the names of wild weeds . . .

Posted by KidSpirit Online on September 2, 2025

Artwork by Iryna Tsisaruk, age 16, Ukraine
Written by Jayden Pan, Sydney, Australia

A lot of people are surprised when I tell them that I’m Christian.

To them, it seems almost a juxtaposition of values . . .

Posted by KidSpirit Online on August 19, 2025

Cover artwork by Iryna Tsisaruk, age 16, Ukraine
Written by Varshini Arunachalam, Singapore

It was a warm afternoon, and I was surrounded by a group of eager young faces, curious and excited, waiting for our poetry workshop to begin.

The room hummed with quiet anticipation, . . .

Posted by KidSpirit Online on August 5, 2025

Cover artwork by Arina Stetsiuk, age 16, Ukraine
Written by Ananya Verma, age 15, India

The mind has an eye — an eye that often sees more than what our optic nerves may sense.

It doesn’t blink, nor does it need a source of light. . . .

Posted by KidSpirit Online on July 22, 2025

Artwork by Arina Stetsiuk, age 16, Ukraine
Written by Antonela Paniagua Salinas, age 15, Paraguay

The mind tends to wander into the past,
where the memories of yesterday
steal from us the treasure of the present.

We focus so much on what could have been, . . .

Posted by KidSpirit Online on July 8, 2025

Cover artwork by Mykyta Liakh, age 15, Ukraine
Written by Amy Bai, Year 10 student, Australia

As a Christian, my inner life—made up of my emotions, self-awareness, and thoughts—is the space where I connect with God.

It is a quiet, yet deeply personal place, . . .

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About This Blog

Young people are brimming with vision and prophetic wisdom. This blog features 11- to 17-year-olds in deep and often surprising explorations of spiritual life. Their original writing and artwork was first published in KidSpirit, the sole spiritual magazine by and for global youth. Their words call us to approach eternal questions with wonder. More