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The Scope of Spiritual Literacy
I'm recommending that everyone in Congress take a course in "religious and spiritual literacy." But why stop there?
Wouldn't it be nice if people all over the world were religiously literate: tha…
Rocking Chair Meditation
I rock. Everyday. Sometimes twice a day — every time I get a chance. I particularly like to rock in the dark, before bedtime, as it works better than sleeping pills. My rocking chair has become my…
Practicing Democracy in Your Journal
This post has been contributed by Judith L. Favor, who is rooted and grounded in Quaker tradition and contemplative practice. She is retired from pastoral UCC ministry in San Francisco and teaching …
Mom
Artwork by Ranjita Lama.
Poem by Krish Gurung for KidSpirit's Society and the Individual issue.
My mom is my heart
She is the everything of my life.
Just a Thought
By Mia Ginsberg
Have you ever thought about what it means to live?
Our First Year of "Praying the News" and a Prayer for Humankind
Here we are at the end of our first year of "Praying the News." As we look back at the 28 prayers, we would characterize 2011 as a turbulent year for weather and disasters, the rebellions around the…
Yugen
By Jocelyn Ruffner in the KidSpirit Creation and Destruction issue.
The thing that most people
choose to ignore is the fact
that we are both
A flower in the never ending
fields and hills of…
Approaching the Value of Life
By Elías Viveros
Known as one of the most difficult concepts to define, life could be described as any form of existence that includes a cycle of birth, development, reproduction, and death.
How Do We Determine that We Have Really Lived?
By Zayna Mian
With just 16 years to account for on this earth, I wondered if I was being presumptuous in attempting to tackle the question of what it means to have really lived. So, I turned to …
A Light in the Abyss
By Fareeha Shah in the KidSpirit The Nature of Truth Issue
Religion is truth.
Imagine standing at the precipice of a cliff, hearing a voice telling you to dive headfirst into the abyss before …