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A Lamentation over Burned Crops
Crop fires have become a weapon of war in Iraq and Syria. An article on Morning Ag Clips reports that farmers were looking forward to the best harvest since war began across the region, but now once…
Ever Deeper: A Poem for My Grandfather
By Will Hodgkinson for KidSpirit's Heritage Issue.
A shimmering pool of knowledge;
Scintillating wisdom —
foraged from 85 fecund years
No-Man's Land
By Heer Cheema for KidSpirit's Unity and Division issue
They are restless, moving backward and forward, surrounded by a miasma of uncertainty and despair. Sleeping in airports, caught in trans…
Making Movies that Reflect Human Values
Haskell Wexler (1922-2015), who died peacefully in his sleep on December 27, was a socially conscious cinematographer who believed in art as a means of reflecting human values. On Common Dreams, Abb…
A Prayer for Those Challenging the Tools of War
This is the Age of Weaponized Drones. They are widely used in the war against terrorists and other enemies of the state. Hard facts on the frequency and targets of drone attacks are difficult to com…
Yellow: The Feeling of Mindfulness
By Olivia Bailey for KidSpirit's Happiness issue.
It’s Thursday, the best day of the week, no question. Thursday is the day my mindfulness group meets, which means that at 11:15 a.m. I get to l…
Who We Can Be
By Maya and Sofia Mesh for KidSpirit's Human Dignity issue.
No matter where I go
There have always been people with teachings,
Insisting that they know
The true struggle behind their preachin…
Prayer for All Victims of Violence and Oppression in 2014
We ask for your mercy, Lover of Humanity, for our complicity in making 2014 a year of "historic failure" of human rights. All too often we have been so wrapped up and consumed by our work and family…
A Tiny Prayer for Ukraine
In a pre-dawn televised address on February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war on Ukraine as Russian forces invaded the country from Russia and Belarus in the east and north and…
A Prayer for Those Affected by the Refugee Crisis
According to the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR), as of this writing in 2019 there are 68.5 million people displaced by war and violent conflict. Our human minds and hearts are not equipped to comprehen…