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What God Is By Hannah Berkowitz for KidSpirit’s issue on The Word. When I was 13, in the midst of preparing for my bat mitzvah, I decided I didn't believe in God. I walked into my rabbi's office for our we…
The Language of Connection By Po-Ting (Duke) Lin Attending activities at local temples, directing prayers to the souls of our ancestors, gathering with family around round tables during the Lunar New Year, and visiting gr…
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…
Building Bridges By Grace Doyle and Biruni Hariadi The Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom (SoSS) is a Muslim-Jewish interfaith organization that we, Grace and Biruni, are honored to be teen members of. The Sisterhood ha…
The Tree of Change By Hannah Schuett for KidSpirit's Reality and Perception Issue. In my culturally diverse family, I am exposed to many different customs in my day-to-day life, which has made me appreciate diverse…
Running Instead of Living By Milagros Miltos What isolation made me discover is that I have been running instead of living.
Return to the Body The first step on a spiritual path today is a return to a sense of one's own body. — Martha Heyneman
The Crescent and I By Abdullah Sayed for KidSpirit's Education issue. Though I live in the middle of the multicultural metropolis of the world, Queens, I find it hard to imagine that any of my non-Muslim friends ar…
A Realization About the Nature of Truth By Simone Britto As I rode in the backseat of my cousin’s tiny yellow car through the bustling town of Panjim, India, to my uncle’s house, I gazed out the window and marveled at the differen…
blue-tinted By Katie Lamm staring back at me is the face of an angel — someone who i am supposed to be.