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A Prayer for Those Suffering from Depression
An estimated 21 million Americans experience some form of depression every year. It is an emotionally, physically, and spiritually depleting disease that can lead to suicide.
We are still reelin…
Walking as a Spiritual Practice
"Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake," Wallace Stevens once said. I'd make that a "walk around the city." I love to walk and have made it a daily part of my spiritual practice. Mary …
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 …
A Personal Exploration of Diversity and Heritage
By Samarth Jajoo for KidSpirit's Heritage issue.
From a young age I was taught to stand up for my beliefs. More importantly, I was taught to appreciate diversity.
We can choose to appreciate …
A Fresh Look
By Nimai Agarwalfor in The God issue.
I was born into a spiritual family. My parents practiced Vaishnavism, a monotheistic sect of Hinduism based on worship of Krishna, the Supreme. As a result, …
A Prayer in Response to the Screams
Edvard Munch, the artist who painted "The Scream" in 1893, could not have imagined that his most famous work of art would fetch $119.9 million at Sotheby's in 2012. Although this is an interesting n…
A Prayer for Women Raped in War Zones
A Libyan woman, who gave her name as Eman al-Obeidy, burst into a restaurant in Tripoli where Western journalists were eating on March 26 to tell them that she had been taken from her hometown, conf…
A Prayer for Our Sufi Brothers and Sisters in Pakistan
In an article in The New York Times, Huma Imtiaz and Charlotte Cuchen describe the heated-up war against Sufism, the mystical expression of Islam, in Pakistan. Sufism is popular in that country, att…
I Will Sing to You
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See yourself as a source of happiness for others. You can't "make" them happy but you can certainly affect their quality of life through your own good humor and goodwill.
— Stephani…
Celebrating Diwali
By Prerna Chaterjee for KidSpirit’s Rituals and Traditions issue.
The autumn sun warmed up my bare arms and legs. Looking up, I saw the turquoise sky and the ragged clouds. I walked to the othe…