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To Each Their Own Journey
By Rajvi Khanjan for KidSpirit's Fulfillment Issue
"A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms."
— Zen proverb
I remember the first day of ballet very c…
The Open-Ended House
Open-ended: That's how I describe the home where my husband and I now live. Since we purchased our well-worn (shabby-sans-chic) historic house 3 years ago, we have been renovating and restoring. For…
Something Inside
How does a person know when something inside of them is changing?
Things do change. Storms turn into sun, snow melts into spring. People change. Perhaps a new talent or hobby is rising out o…
Where Does Morality Come From?
By Zach Young for KidSpirit's Ethics and Morality issue.
What are morals and where do they come from?
Is morality like the laws of physics, ironclad dicta from nature? Or is morality like lang…
The Secret of Life
Movie Lines
Curley, the trail boss says "You know what the secret of life is? One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that." One of the visitors to the dude ranch asks the old cowboy, "What's the…
You to You: Process Theology and Prayer
There are so many kinds of prayer and so many ways to pray. We can pray with words and without words. We can pray by reaching out into a vast mystery, the Deep Listening, saying "help" or "thanks" o…
Weaving the Shadow: A Lenten Reflection
Dark Shadows
When I was thirteen, my friend Debra and I would walk to her house after school, plop down on the floor in front of the TV and glue our eyes on the spooky soap opera Dark Shadows.
Commitment
Mystical Wisdom
Our task is to offer ourselves up to God like a clean, smooth canvas and not bother ourselves about what God may choose to paint on it, but, at every moment, feel only the stroke …
Art and Your Inner Spiritual Work
On Huffingtonpost.com Mariano Lozano notes that throughout the ages, thinkers and philosophers have described human beings as political animals, toolmaking animals, playing animals, and calculative …
A Prayer in Awe of Mamoudou Gassama's Spontaneous Courage
What we do in emergency situations speaks volumes about who we are, as 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama's courage and quick reflexes show. Upon seeing a child dangling from a fifth-storey Paris apartmen…