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A Prayer for Forgiveness of Our Daily Pollutions
Global warming, notes this article by Jon Queally on CommonDreams.org, is making the world hot and dry and also cold and wet. It snowed last week in Jerusalem. China is enduring its coldest winter i…
Meatless Monday Movement
The Meatless Monday campaign was started in 2003 by an advertising whiz and the John Hopkins School of Public Health to market dietary change. The idea is to cut out meat one day a week to improve h…
Bhutan's Model of Gross National Happiness
In an article written for the National Catholic Reporter, Joan Chittister recalls seeing a road sign when she was in Bhutan in June. It said: "Start early / Drive slowly / Arrive safely." She immedi…
A Prayer of Gratitude for the Paris Climate Change Agreement
On Saturday, December 12, after months of preparation and a week of discussion, representatives of 195 countries agreed on a historic document addressing the issues and problems associated with clim…
Our World: An Interdependent Web
By Anna Zimmer in the KidSpirit Climate Change issue.
I was not raised in a family where religion played a big role.
I have always known that both my parents were Christians at one point in th…
The Nature in Me
By Nargis Kachrumathur for KidSpirit's Nature issue.
My relationship with nature has always been an odd one; sometimes I appreciate its beauty and benefits, while sometimes I despise things ab…
A Prayer for the Prospering of the Poor People's Campaign
Visions for a more just and compassionate world can take decades to come to fruition. We now have the soul-stirring opportunity to be part of Dr. Martin Luther King's Poor People's Campaign, inaugur…
Peace
By Samantha Singh for KidSpirit's Society and the Individual Issue.
Peace. It’s an unusual word in this bizzare time. Some say it means that war is not present, but this word has more depth tha…
Praying for Our Part in Preserving the Amazon Rainforest
Photo courtesy of pixundfertig at Pixabay.com
The Amazon's tropical rainforests — often described as "the Earth's lungs" because they generally draw in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen —…
"A" Is for Attention
"Pay attention. Stay awake and totally alert.
See with receptive eyes and discover a world of ceaseless wonders."
— Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat in Spiritual Literacy
Atten…