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People still talk about God in everyday conversation
People still talk about God in everyday conversation
The Ethics of the Interfaith Movement
By Akash Mehta in KidSpirit's The God Issue.
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What does it mean to live a good human life?
There, in a sentence, is perhaps the most i…
The Whitney Plantation
Forty-six miles west of New Orleans, near Wallace, Louisiana, in St. John the Baptist Parish situated on the west bank of the Mississippi River, you will find The Whitney Plantation. It was establis…
Slowing Down to Walk Contemplatively
I have always been amazed at how much more I notice when I slow down. A street that I have driven down looks so different by bike, and even more detail emerges when I am walking. Walking meditativel…
The "Right" Way to Pray
By Gracie Griffin in the KidSpirit Simplicity and Complexity issue.
Prayer is the limbo between the serenity of accepting the world’s chaos around you and the challenge of pursuing stillness in…
Reflection Harvest Ritual
For a gathering of our Ritual Salon in the early fall I wanted to find a way to get in touch with the season. Traditionally the fall is a time of celebrating the harvest: honoring seeds sown earlier…
Next Door Democracy
When I first moved to Berkeley, California, almost three years ago, someone told me about the NextDoor app. I signed up right away and soon discovered that it is a great way to connect with your nei…
Mortality Is a Hot Topic Around the World
Bernard Crettaz, the Swiss creator of the "death cafe" movement, has decided that it is time for leadership to pass to the next generation. Ten years ago after the death of his wife, this popular so…
Moments of Democracy
I’m not sure about the future of democracy, but I do believe in moments of democracy.
A moment of democracy may last only for five seconds, but its memory lingers in our imaginations for many w…
Making Connections
Blessing
Blessed be the people we carry in our blood.
Blessed be the places we carry in our bones.
May our living make a way for those who come after
a path of blessing, a path of beauty.
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