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Ursula Le Guin, An Appreciation
Writer Ursula Le Guin died on January 22, 2018; she was 88. She believed that the imagination is "the single most useful tool humankind possesses." She certainly proved that to be true, turning the …
The Universal Reach of Character Development
KIP charter schools are offering teachers, children, and parents pragmatic and adventuresome ways to talk about and develop character. Their approach is based on the research of Dr. Martin Seligman …
The Death of Novelist E. L. Doctorow
E. L. Doctorow, who died on July 21, 2015, at age 84, was a thinking person's novelist who always excelled in showing us the unpredictable ways in which history, character, and morality intertwine. …
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…
Loving God by Knowing Many Things
The immensely talented artist Vincent Van Gogh wrote a letter to his brother Theo in which he spoke from his heart: "I think that the best way to know God is to love many things." In a sensitive and…
The Sky's the Limit
The word "democracy" can be traced back to the Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos "the people" + -kratia "power, rule." The people rule — but what kind of people? If most people who make up a democrac…
Questions Without Answers
By Akrash V. Mehta for KidSpirit's The Question of Meaning issue.
Perhaps I should start off by making one thing clear: I know nothing about anything I’m about to write about. This article is p…
Origins and Questions of Character Education
by Khalid Husain in KidSpirit's A Lens on Learning issue
“Children are 25 percent of the population but 100 percent of the future. If we wish to renew society, we must raise up a generation of …
Loyalty to Collective Breathing: A Yoga of World Solidarity
I feel fairly certain — as certain as I can feel — that when George Floyd couldn’t breathe, God couldn’t breathe either. What I mean is that George Floyd’s gasping for air was shared by an…
Great Unity
By Ralph Wang in the KidSpirit Unity and Division issue.
Throughout human history, there have been many attempts to explain society and make the world a better place. Great Unity is one of them. …