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A Prayer for Victims and Families of Earthquakes in Iran
Two earthquakes in northwest Iran on Saturday, August 11, 2012, have killed 300 people and injured 2,600 more, according to reports from Reuters and other news agencies.
The first quake registere…
What Fulfillment Means to Me
By Nathan Zhang for KidSpirit's Fulfillment issue.
There are 800 kilometers between the cities of Beijing and Kaifeng, a lengthy gap mercifully shortened by the invention of rail. What was origin…
Making TV a Part of Our Lives
The gifted comedian Sid Caesar died at the age 91 on February 12, 2014, in Beverly Hills, California. He changed things around in our suburban home during the early 1950s when television was just an…
Loving Friends with Alzheimer’s
As a process theologian I believe in the primacy of moments. Yes, we live our lives year to year, week to week, day to day. But most deeply, I believe, we live from moment to moment.
I learned th…
No Place Like Home
African Wisdom
Not where I was born, but where it goes well with me is my home.
— Kanuri Saying in Wisdom of the African World
Zeera and Kichri in the Digital Age
By Ayla Schultz, for KidSpirit's Speed of Now issue.
I settle down for dinner with my family. Pots of steaming and fragrant dahl, rotis, chicken, and pale brown rice sit at the center of the …
Finding Comfort in Numbers
By Celie Johnson for KidSpirit's Numbers and Symbols issue.
My spirituality revolves around the use of numbers and symbols, a cloud of reasoning and a bit of mysticism.
I believe in numbe…
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…
My Multicultural Upbringing
By Emilija Krysén for KidSpirit's Education issue.
Our cultural upbringing shapes the narratives we tell and greatly influences our views of the world.
Growing up as a third culture kid, I of…