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Choices to Make
Political Wisdom
When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.
— Shirley Chisholm, American politician, U.S. Representative
Be Bravely Fearful and Anxious!
By Kavya Shah for KidSpirit's Fear and Anxiety issue.
When you stand before what you are most afraid of, chills run down your spine, your teeth chatter, your knees shake, you get goose-bumps, and…
Being a Good Audience
Zen Wisdom
Try to be a good audience for whatever kind of experience reveals itself to you.
— Gary Thorp in Sweeping Changes
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…
A Prayer for Global Refugees
Balm to the Weary, we are shocked and saddened by the news that there are more refugees in the world today than have been recorded since the United Nations began collecting numbers in the early 1950…
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…
Through the Eyes of Hope
By Steffany Melgarejo for KidSpirit's Society and the Individual Issue
Everyone has different experiences and stories, and therefore a very different perspective on life.
Observing the daily …
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…
The Religion of Small Things
The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.
– John 3:8
Imagine th…
On a Question
By Himadri Agarwal for KidSpirit's Happiness Issue.
The other day, I began to ask
people what made them happy.
I heard of dinner dates and bookshelves, of
baby’s laughs and rainbows that cur…