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A Prayer to Honor American Nuns
In an article in The New York Times, columnist Nicholas Kristof reported on Pope Benedict's reprimand and criticism of American nuns and the organization that represents 80% of them. The Vatican lam…
Early Morning Routines
I rise at 4 a.m. as do many monks in their cells around the world. I am grateful for another day to bring pleasure to God and to serve others with resources for their spiritual journeys.
I repea…
The Role of Women in the Bahá’í Faith
By Ariana Resauladin for KidSpirit's The Soul of Gender issue.
I’m a 12-year-old girl who has grown up in a community of Bahá’ís.
It is really astonishing to be a part of a religion th…
The Ritualized Life
Catholic Wisdom
The rosary is a bodily prayer, a prayer of touch.
Our hands touch God when our fingers touch the beads.
— Christine Lore Weber in Praying the Body and Soul by Jane Vennard
Paying Attention, Prayer Flags, and Relaxing Yourself
As the summer sun bears down upon us, I turn to the ever edifying and adventuresome harvest of quotations from the books I read and recommend.
The first two are from Barbara Brown Taylor, an Angl…
Parochial Prayer
By Eleanor Goetz in the KidSpirit Power issue.
Three hundred forty-five years ago Roger Williams declared, “forced worship stinks in God’s nostrils.”
Williams was a 17th-century English …
Growing Spiritually
Comic Wisdom
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, I used everything you gave me.
— Erma Bombeck, Americ…
"E" is for Enthusiasm
“Enthusiasm means ‘one with the energy of God.’ It derives from root words pointing to be inspired and possessed by the Divine. There is something awesome about this spiritual quality. They…
Light on the Path
Song
If changes are to come
there are things
that must be done
And a song is somewhere to begin.
— "Somewhere to Begin" by T. R. Ritchie, sung by Sara Thomsen
Artistic Wisdom
Flowers …
Housecleaning, Then Dinner? Silicon Valley Perks Come Home
We remember how long it took us to see that scrubbing the bathroom floor, taking out the garbage, and dusting the bookcases were not meaningless housework but spiritual tasks which are no less impor…